Yesterday

PEL Presents PMP#216: Oscars So Black?

In light of the now-completed black history month and the upcoming Oscars, we consider the "Oscars So White" issue that was a hot topic about a decade ago. We all tried to watch some of the Oscar-nominated films by black creators, like Twelve Years a Slave, Moonlight, Judas and t ... Show More

57m 25s

Mar 2

Ep. 386: Hegel on Society (Part One)

On. G.W.F. Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), sec. 438-463. What constitutes society? We're beginning a multi-episode arc here on the "Spirit" chapter of the book, so we learn what Spirit actually is and how it relates to individuals. We also talk about the two layers of ... Show More

50m 49s

Feb 28

PEL Presents NEM#247: John S. Hall (King Missile): Daily Poet

John has released at least fifteen albums, more than half of these under the name King Missile, but even this name covers three different bands, since John until recently didn't play any instruments, so his music is always collaborative with one or more music writers. Apart from ... Show More

1h 21m

Jun 2019

The Prejudice of Philosophy | Chakravarthi Ram Prasad, Nivi Manchanda, Timothy Williamson

Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: <a href="https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes</a>Many see the search for universal truths about the world as the noble aim of philosoph ... Show More

39m 57s

Jan 2025

Untimely Reflections #32: Dr. Gregory Sadler - On Stoicism & Philosophy as a Guide to Life

Very pleased to finally be joined by Gregory Sadler on the podcast! Greg is one of the more popular teachers of philosophy in the modern age, and given his recent courses on Stoicism, we decided to make that the focus. I hope you all enjoy our conversation: about philosophy as ... Show More

1h 34m

Jan 2018

Episode 31, Ludwig Wittgenstein with Prof. Richard Gaskin (Part I - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus)

This episode is proudly supported by the New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www. ... Show More

52m 27s

Jul 2024

Is our metaphysics beholden to common sense? | Fragments and reality with Michael Della Rocca, Timothy Maudlin, Kathleen Higgins

Should we follow our philosophical conclusions wherever they take us? Or is there a hard wall of common sense that we are beholden to?Listen to some of today's leading philosophers in science and metaphysics as they talk it out!Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philoso ... Show More

42m 6s

Jan 2025

Ancient solutions for modern problems | Stoicism Series PART 2 | Massimo Pigliucci

How to be a StoicWhat can Zeno of Citium teach you about going to the movie theatre?Join philosopher and author Massimo Pigliucci for part two of a series on the ancient practice of Stoicism, exploring and analysing ideas from Seneca, Marcus Aure ... Show More

20m 44s

Jan 2025

Ancient solutions for modern problems | Stoicism Series PART 1 | Massimo Pigliucci

How to be a StoicWhat can Marcus Aurelius teach you about the iPhone?Join philosopher and author Massimo Pigliucci for part one of a series on the ancient practice of Stoicism, exploring and analysing ideas from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus ... Show More

19m 10s

Jan 2018

Episode 31, Ludwig Wittgenstein with Prof. Richard Gaskin (Part II - Philosophical Investigations)

This episode is proudly supported by the New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www. ... Show More

1h 1m

May 2025

#417 — Philosophy for Life

Sam Harris speaks with Donald Robertson about Stoicism and the good life. They discuss the relationship between wisdom and virtue, ancient versions of psychotherapy, parallels between Stoicism and Buddhism, practical vs. analytical styles of philosophy, CBT's origins ... Show More

22m 30s

Sep 2025

#121 John Cottingham - The Father of Modern Philosophy: René Descartes

John Cottingham (born 1943) is an English philosopher. The focus of his research has been early-modern philosophy (especially Descartes), the philosophy of religion and moral philosophy. He is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professorial Research ... Show More

1h 40m

Jun 2021

Peter Adamson on How to Form Opinions When It’s Impossible to Know Everything

Peter Adamson, host of the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast and professor of late ancient philosophy and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, discusses stoicism, the dangers of rationalism, and the importance of understanding when to thin ... Show More

52m 57s

Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philoso...