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Elucidations

Elucidations is an unexpected philosophy podcast produced in association with the University of Chicago. Each month, Matt Teichman sits down with a person of philosophical interest to discuss their vi... Read more

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Episode 3: Brian Leiter discusses Nietzsche on morality

Episode 3: Brian Leiter discusses Nietzsche on morality

In this episode, Brian Leiter discusses Nietzsche's critique of morality and his naturalist approach to human psychology... Read more

1 Sep 2009

30mins

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Episode 82: Robert May discusses Frege and the problem of identity

Episode 82: Robert May discusses Frege and the problem of identity

In this episode, Robert May discusses the problems that arise when we try to explain what simple statements of arithmeti... Read more

13 Apr 2016

41mins

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Episode 78: Stephen Engstrom discusses the categorical imperative

Episode 78: Stephen Engstrom discusses the categorical imperative

In this episode, Stephen Engstrom discusses the principle that Immanuel Kant thought to underlie all of ethics. Hosted o... Read more

9 Dec 2015

32mins

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Episode 120: Robin Dembroff on going beyond the gender binary

Episode 120: Robin Dembroff on going beyond the gender binary

Ever wonder what 'gender non-binary' means? Don't worry--Robin Dembroff (Yale University) is here to walk us through the... Read more

10 Nov 2019

32mins

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Episode 45: Anubav Vasudevan discusses probability and determinism

Episode 45: Anubav Vasudevan discusses probability and determinism

In this episode, Anubav Vasudevan argues that there is no conflict between the belief that the future is completely dete... Read more

22 Mar 2013

32mins

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Episode 89: John Collins discusses language universals

Episode 89: John Collins discusses language universals

In this episode, John Collins discusses the philosophical significance of Noam Chomsky's theory of universal grammar, al... Read more

28 Oct 2016

41mins

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Episode 21: Raymond Geuss discusses political liberalism

Episode 21: Raymond Geuss discusses political liberalism

In this episode, Raymond Geuss critiques the idea that we should always look to what the general consensus is when decid... Read more

7 Mar 2011

32mins

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Episode 79: Anthony S. Gillies discusses conditionals

Episode 79: Anthony S. Gillies discusses conditionals

In this episode, Anthony S. Gillies shows us how difficult it is to figure out what if/then statements mean! Hosted on A... Read more

6 Jan 2016

32mins

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Episode 57: Julia Annas discusses virtue ethics

Episode 57: Julia Annas discusses virtue ethics

In this episode, Julia Annas introduces us to the ancient Greek conception of ethics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri... Read more

19 Mar 2014

39mins

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Episode 28: John Searle discusses human reality and basic reality

Episode 28: John Searle discusses human reality and basic reality

In this episode, John Searle explores some of the problems that come up when we try to reconcile what's obvious and self... Read more

18 Oct 2011

38mins

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Episode 4: Martha Nussbaum discusses sexuality and the law

Episode 4: Martha Nussbaum discusses sexuality and the law

In this episode, Martha Nussbaum discusses how and whether sexual conduct should be legally regulated. Hosted on Acast. ... Read more

1 Oct 2009

22mins

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Episode 20: Simon Critchley discusses faith

Episode 20: Simon Critchley discusses faith

In this episode, Simon Critchley considers whether religious faith can serve as a model for faith in ethical principles.... Read more

8 Feb 2011

33mins

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Episode 121: Aaron Ben Ze'ev discusses the arc of love

Episode 121: Aaron Ben Ze'ev discusses the arc of love

In this episode, Matt Teichman and Julia Liu talk to Aaron Ben Ze'ev (University of Haifa) about lifelong romantic love.... Read more

5 Dec 2019

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Episode 53: Martin Stokhof discusses formal semantics and Wittgenstein

Episode 53: Martin Stokhof discusses formal semantics and Wittgenstein

In this episode, Martin Stokhof argues that understanding what formal theories of linguistic meaning are actually doing ... Read more

14 Nov 2013

37mins

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Episode 75: Malte Willer discusses non-monotonic logic

Episode 75: Malte Willer discusses non-monotonic logic

In this episode, Malte Willer discusses attempts to give a formal theory of commonsense reasoning, and how it differs fr... Read more

8 Sep 2015

31mins

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Episode 43: Peter Adamson discusses the philosophy of Al-Kindi

Episode 43: Peter Adamson discusses the philosophy of Al-Kindi

In this episode, Peter Adamson gives us a tour through the impressively wide-ranging work of Al-Kindi, including his arg... Read more

1 Jan 2013

41mins

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Episode 68: Mark Lance discusses anarchism

Episode 68: Mark Lance discusses anarchism

In this episode, Mark Lance defends the view that instead of answering to a central authority, our society should self-g... Read more

18 Feb 2015

42mins

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Episode 69: Christel Fricke discusses Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments

Episode 69: Christel Fricke discusses Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments

In this episode, Christel Fricke discusses a view in ethics according to which you determine the right thing to do by im... Read more

25 Mar 2015

32mins

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Episode 62: Sally Sedgwick discusses Hegel’s critique of Kant

Episode 62: Sally Sedgwick discusses Hegel’s critique of Kant

In this episode, Sally Sedgwick runs through Immanuel Kant’s idea that doing the right thing means doing whatever respec... Read more

21 Aug 2014

30mins

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Episode 54: Patricia Blanchette discusses Frege's logicism

Episode 54: Patricia Blanchette discusses Frege's logicism

In this episode, Patricia Blanchette explains why Gottlob Frege and other early 20th century philosophers wanted to unde... Read more

6 Dec 2013

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