Aug 22

Lani Watson on the Power of Questions

What is a question? It seems obvious, but perhaps it isn't. Lani Watson has just published a book on the topic. She thinks that true questions can be identified by their function, not by their form. She explains what she means by this and why questions matter so much in philosoph ... Show More

16m 28s

Jul 30

Peter Singer on Ending Innocent Lives

The utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer has controversial views about when it is acceptable to end a human life. In conversation with David Edmonds he explains his approach, using examples from a range of areas, including infanticide. Some listeners may find some aspects of this ... Show More

23m 26s

Jul 21

Jing Hu on Songzi on Insults and Shame

The Chinese philosopher Songzi (382 BCE – 305 BCE) maintained that the appropriate response to insults was indifference, not aggression. Jing Hu, a philosopher at Concordia University, Montreal puts his thinking about insults and about the related concept of shame in context, and ... Show More

17m 56s

Apr 2025

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), who was part of the movement known as phenomenology. While less well-known than his contemporaries Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, his popularity has increased among philosophers in ... Show More

59m 2s

Apr 2025

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), who was part of the movement known as phenomenology. While less well-known than his contemporaries Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, his popularity has increased among philosophers in ... Show More

59m 2s

Dec 2011

PREMIUM-Episode 48: Merleau-Ponty on Perception and Knowledge

Discussing Maurice Merleau-Ponty's "Primacy of Perception" (1946) and The World of Perception (1948).

33m 23s

Dec 2019

Then and Now: Pierre Bourdieu

Episode 3 This Anthropology Then and Now episode is all about the French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher, Pierre Bordieu.  Along with your host Maui Voskova and Keito Waldrip, guests Jessica Roessler an ... Show More

7m 57s

May 2022

Episode 43: Karl Morris

Karl Morris is a highly regarded golf coach, an author of many books, and a podcast host. This conversation with Rupert explores the non-dual perspective on the illusory versus true self and the relevance of this perspective to performance in sp ... Show More

1h 18m

Mar 2024

Catherine Malabou on the Clitoris, AI, Anarchism, Hegel, Marx… and much more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the French philosopher Catherine Malabou to discuss her latest books on anarchism and clitoris, Artificial Intelligence, domination, films and culture, the role of philosophy, and a lot of other topics. You can listen to our podcast here: h ... Show More

1h 12m

Oct 2004

Sartre

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Paul Sartre, the French novelist, playwright, and philosopher who became the king of intellectual Paris and a focus of post war politics and morals. Sartre's own life was coloured by jazz, affairs, Simone de Beauvoir and the intellectual camar ... Show More

42m 5s

Oct 2004

Sartre

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Paul Sartre, the French novelist, playwright, and philosopher who became the king of intellectual Paris and a focus of post war politics and morals. Sartre's own life was coloured by jazz, affairs, Simone de Beauvoir and the intellectual camar ... Show More

42m 5s

Jul 2024

Organisms

In episode 107 of Overthink, David and Ellie take up a philosophical perspective on biology’s squirmiest concept: the organism. From Kant’s distinction between organisms and mechanisms, to Deleuze and Guattari’s infamous call for ‘bodies without organs,’ they uncover and question ... Show More

48m 3s

Katherine Morris on Merleau-Ponty on the...