Alison Gopnik on Hume and Buddhism

<p class="MsoNormal">Grief is affected by the passage of time in a way that some attitudes and emotions aren't. Samuel Scheffler explores why this might be so in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.</p> 

Philosophers who use thought experiments often believe their own intutions in response to them are unviersal. But that's not always so. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Edouard Machery discusses his research on this topic, and some of his surprising conclusions. Th ... Show More

Frantz Fanon, who was born in Martinique, died aged 36. He nevertheless made very significant contributions to the discussion of racism and colonialism, influenced strongly by the existentialist tradition. In this episode of the Philosphy Bites podcast David Edmonds discusses Fan ... Show More

<p class="">A prick of the skin; the sorrow of grief; the inevitability of change; our dependence on the whim of the cosmos. Suffering bleeds into every aspect of our existence and, according to Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), the anguish of our misfortune stems from our ignoran ... Show More

First part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. 

<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1664013603609_579" class="">A prick of the skin; the sorrow of grief; the inevitability of change; our dependence on the whim of the cosmos. Suffering bleeds into every aspect of our existence and, according to Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), the anguish of o ... Show More

<p>Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/panpsycast.</p> <p>Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett's work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast.</p> <p>In the words of A. C. Grayling ... Show More

<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535905190969_913">What started off as just myself, Olly and Andrew (my co-hosts) talking philosophy at the University of Birmingham in the early episodes, has blossomed into something extraordinary. Bear in mind, that when this project started, we had never p ... Show More

Today I talked to David B. Wong about his book Moral Relativism and Pluralism (Cambridge UP, 2023). The argument for metaethical relativism--the view that there is no single true or most justified morality--is that it is part of the best explanation of the most difficult moral di ... Show More

<p><strong>Indian philosophy and the search for unity</strong></p><p>In our everyday lives we act as though we are all separate individuals, but is this really the case? </p><p>Jessica Frazer argues that reality is ultimately unified, and that this shift in perspective can change ... Show More

<p>Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast.</p> <p>Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett's work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast.</p> <p>In the words of A. C. Grayling, Pro ... Show More

<p class=""><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p class="">Jack was walking down a street. It was a day like any other. As ever, his mind was a flurry of thoughts, worries, and anxieties, stimulated by coffee and the bright light of his phone. In a bid to relieve his stress, he pu ... Show More

<p class=""><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p class="">Hinduism is the world's oldest living religion, and it won't be disappearing any time soon. This ancient worldview currently boasts over one billion devotees, making it the third most popular religion in the world. Despite ... Show More