Philosophy Bites

David Papineau on Philosophy and Sport

David Papineau discusses a range of specific sporting incidents that are of philosophical...

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Roberto Mangabeira Unger on Deep Freedom

Roberto Unger argues that contemporary political progressives have abandoned what 19th century...

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Nicola Lacey on H.L.A.Hart and Legal Positivism

H.L.A. Hart made significant contributions to legal philosophy. Nicola Lacey discusses his legal...

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John Skorupski on Normativity

Some statements are descriptive, such as 'Philosophy Bites is a podcast series'; others are...

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Tim Scanlon on What's Wrong with Inequality?

Is a concern for inequality of wealth just a form of envy? Are there good reasons for objecting...

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Emma Borg on Language and Context

How much of the meaning of what we say depends on its context of utterance? Is there a role for...

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Patricia Churchland on Self Control

Neurophilosopher Pat Churchland discusses the insights that neuroscience can give us into the...

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Jennifer Saul on Implicit Bias

Implicit biases are tricky. We all have them, apparently, but we don't realise we have them. What...

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Adrian Moore on Bernard Williams on Ethics

Bernard Williams was one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation. In this episode of...

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Rom Harre on the Linguistic Turn in Philosophy

For this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Rom Harre discusses and illustrates the...

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Robert Talisse on the Importance of Arguments in Politics

Why is argument so important in politics? Bob Talisse, co-author of Why We Argue (and how we...

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John Tasioulas on Human Rights

What are human rights? Are they simply legal rights? What is their relation to morality? John...

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Eric Schwitzgebel on the Ethical Behaviour of Ethics Professors

You might expect people who specialize in moral philosophy to behave better than other people....

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Alison Gopnik on Hume and Buddhism

Many people have noticed similarities between what David Hume wrote about the self and Buddhist...

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David Edmonds on Trolley Problems

Is it ever morally acceptable to kill one person to save many? Most people agree that in some...

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Jessica Moss on Weakness of Will

You think you know what's best but don't do it. We've all been there. For Plato and Aristotle...

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Michael Martin on Hume on Taste

David Hume's 'Of the Standard of Taste' focuses on judgements about beauty in writing. Can we say...

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Samuel Scheffler on the Afterlife

What do we really care about? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Samuel Scheffler...

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Noel Carroll on Humour and Morality

Must humour be moral? What about jokes that rely on immoral attitudes?  Can they be funny? Are...

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Daniel Dennett on the Chinese Room

Can computers think? John Searle famously used the Chinese Room thought experiment to suggest...

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