Mar 2022
The Philosophers: Resisting despair
Sean Illing talks with author and professor Robert Zaretsky about the French philosopher, novelist, and journalist Albert Camus (1913–1960). Though Camus might be best known for his novel The Stranger, Sean and Prof. Zaretsky explore the ideas contained in his philosophical essay ... Show More
56m 48s
Nov 2023
André Comte-Sponville : la philosophie au service du bonheur
Une philosophie pour nous aider à mieux vivre : voilà l’ambition d’André Comte-Sponville.
J’ai découvert les travaux d’André Comte-Sponville assez tardivement - cet été, en fait - et j’ai tout de suite accroché avec sa philosophie.Une philosophie pertinente, argumentée, accessibl ... Show More
1h 25m
Mar 2024
#360 — We Really Don’t Have Free Will?
Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the widespread belief in free will. They discuss the limits of intuition, the views of Dan Dennett, complexity and emergence, downward causation, abstraction, epigenetics, predictability, fatalism, Benjamin Libet, the primacy of luck, ... Show More
39m 6s