Paul Muldoon, Rebecca Roache, Hilary Lawson and Jennifer Hornsby discuss the limits of language and philosophy
Jan 6
Should we be transgressive? The limits and potential of transgressiveness | Catherine Liu, Rowan Williams, Josh Cohen
The good, the bad, and the transgressiveIs the transgression of norms and rules what brings history forward and allows for creativity and change? OR is the fetishization of transgression an ever-present danger that breaks down all structures of meaning and becomes totalizing in o ... Show More
48m 16s
Dec 2020
Hegel's Philosophy of Right
What links Beethoven & Hegel's philosophy of freedom? Anne McElvoy talks to New Generation Thinker Seán Williams, Christoph Schuringa, Gary Browning, and Alison Stone about Hegel's discussion of freedom, law, family, markets and the state in his Principles of the Philosophy of Ri ... Show More
44m 8s
Aug 2023
Episode #186 ... Are we heading for a digital prison? - Panopticon (Foucault, Bentham, Cave)
Today we talk about Jeremy Bentham's concept of the Panopticon. Michel Foucault's comparison to society in 1975. The historical role of intelligence as a justification for dominance. The anatomy of free will, and how a digital world may systematically limit our free will without ... Show More
36m 51s
Feb 2023
Timothy Cleveland, "Beyond Words: Philosophy, Fiction, and the Unsayable" (Lexington Books, 2022)
It seems undeniable that language has limits in what it can express – among other philosophers, Wittgenstein famously drew a line of this sort in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. But what is the unsayable or inexpressible? What is interesting, philosophically, about the unsaya ... Show More
56m 30s
Feb 2022
Marie Robert, Philosophie is sexy - "Le vent se lève, il faut tenter de vivre"
<p>La philosophie pour vous, c’est sexy ?</p><p><br></p><p>C’est vrai que ce n’est pas le premier terme qui me viendrait à l’esprit si on me parle de philo. Au contraire, ça a une image assez aride, assez poussiéreuse, voire assez chiante. C’est pour ces raisons précisément que M ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 2024
#482 | Ayn Rand & The Philosophy of Objectivism
✨ The Great Speeches Challenge 📆 Starts Monday, 19th January---Find out more: https://bit.ly/45woKrt---Ayn Rand is one of the most controversial thinkers of the 20th century. In this episode, we'll explore her philosophy of Objectivism, which champions rational self-interest and ... Show More
21m 6s
<p>Ryan speaks with Paul Woodruff about his book <a href="https://geni.us/KWb7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards</em></a>, the ancient purpose of justice, reflections on a lifetime of studying philosophy, what serving ... Show More