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Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 84: Amanda Greene discusses the legitimacy of democracy
In this episode, Amanda Greene argues that democracy is the form of government that most reliably leads to long-term stability and acceptance.
2016-06-10
43 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 83: Bob Simpson discusses genealogical anxiety
In this episode, Bob Simpson discusses how a person should respond to the realization that they only believe something because of how they were brought up.
2016-05-12
35 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 82: Robert May discusses Frege and the problem of identity
In this episode, Robert May discusses the problems that arise when we try to explain what simple statements of arithmetic are saying.
2016-04-13
41 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 81: Cathy Legg discusses what Peirce's categories can do for you
In this episode, Cathy Legg talks about why Charles Sanders Peirce thought that existing was only one of three ways of being.
2016-03-15
37 min
Elucidations
Episode 80: Mark Hopwood discusses love and moral value
In this episode, Mark Hopwood discusses the moral relation that results when one person values another as a particular individual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2016-02-10
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 80: Mark Hopwood discusses love and moral value
In this episode, Mark Hopwood discusses the moral relation that results when one person values another as a particular individual.
2016-02-10
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 79: Anthony S. Gillies discusses conditionals
In this episode, Anthony S. Gillies shows us how difficult it is to figure out what if/then statements mean!
2016-01-06
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 78: Stephen Engstrom discusses the categorical imperative
In this episode, Stephen Engstrom discusses the principle that Immanuel Kant thought to underlie all of ethics.
2015-12-09
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 77: Mark Schroeder discusses reasons for action and belief
In this episode, Mark Schroeder discusses an example of how something other than evidence against a claim can give you a reason not to believe that it's true.
2015-11-13
38 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 76: Barbara Herman discusses gratitude
In this episode, Barbara Herman describes the intricacies of the relationship between two people that is created when one does a favor for the other.
2015-10-13
42 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 75: Malte Willer discusses non-monotonic logic
In this episode, Malte Willer discusses attempts to give a formal theory of commonsense reasoning, and how it differs from the kind of reasoning that has traditionally been studied.
2015-09-08
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 74: Christina van Dyke discusses gender and medieval mysticism
In this episode, Christina van Dyke discusses the medieval mystics, a loose collection of authors who thought through philosophical issues by writing about their religious experiences.
2015-08-07
30 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 73: Greg Salmieri discusses Ayn Rand's moral philosophy
In this episode, Greg Salmieri explains why Ayn Rand thought a good life is oriented, first and foremost, toward the goal of benefitting oneself.
2015-07-15
39 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 72: Robert May discusses pejorative expressions
In this episode, Robert May explains what racial, ethnic, and homophobic slurs literally mean.
2015-06-25
38 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 71: Kent Schmor discusses Carnap's Aufbau
In this episode, Kent Schmor introduces us to Rudolf Carnap's classic work, _The Logical Construction of the World_.
2015-06-05
34 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 70: Susan James discusses Spinoza on the good embodied life
In this episode, Susan James explains Spinoza's view that the mind and the body are really just different aspects of the same thing, and how that view led him to think of moral reasoning as having an emotional component.
2015-05-06
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 69: Christel Fricke discusses Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments
In this episode, Christel Fricke discusses a view in ethics according to which you determine the right thing to do by imitating the perspective of an ideal, impartial spectator.
2015-03-25
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 68: Mark Lance discusses anarchism
In this episode, Mark Lance defends the view that instead of answering to a central authority, our society should self-govern, only scaling up what it has to.
2015-02-18
42 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 67: John Protevi discusses Darwin, disaster, and prosociality
In this episode, John Protevi discusses research across several different disciplines which supports the hypothesis that human beings evolved to cooperate with each other.
2015-01-12
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 66: Haim Gaifman discusses mathematical reasoning
In this episode, Haim Gaifman argues that there are mathematical facts about real, objective, mathematical entities.
2014-12-17
40 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 65: Julian Savulescu discusses doping in sports
In this episode, Julian Savulescu argues that professional sports should change their regulations so as to allow for a certain amount of doping.
2014-11-17
39 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 64: James Conant and Jay Elliott discuss the analytic tradition
In this episode, James Conant and Jay Elliott go into the history of the movement known as analytic philosophy.
2014-10-18
52 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 63: Michael Devitt discusses reference
In this episode, Michael Devitt explains why we need a theory of what it means for a proper name to stand for a person or place.
2014-09-19
38 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 62: Sally Sedgwick discusses Hegel’s critique of Kant
In this episode, Sally Sedgwick runs through Immanuel Kant’s idea that doing the right thing means doing whatever respects the dignity of all rational creatures, along with G. W. F. Hegel’s worry that Kant neglected how his moral theory was the product of a particular historical moment.
2014-08-21
30 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 61: Jeff Buechner discusses Kripke and functionalism
In this episode, Jeff Buechner gives us an overview of the work of Saul Kripke, and explains his (not yet published) argument against the idea that the human mind is a kind of computer.
2014-07-16
44 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 60: Fabrizio Cariani shares some thoughts about oughts
In this episode, Fabrizio Cariani explains some of the challenges that arise when we try to precisely define the words 'ought' and 'should.'
2014-06-23
26 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 59: Rebecca Kukla discusses reproductive risk
In this episode, Rebecca Kukla questions the assumptions behind the idea that keeping unborn fetuses safe is simply a matter of individual mothers managing risk responsibly.
2014-05-14
37 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 58: Stewart Shapiro discusses vagueness, part II
In this episode, we return to the topic of vagueness from a new perspective.
2014-04-17
27 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 57: Julia Annas discusses virtue ethics
In this episode, Julia Annas introduces us to the ancient Greek conception of ethics.
2014-03-19
39 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 56: Philip Pettit discusses corporate rights and responsibilities
In this episode, Philip Pettit considers whether a corporation can have any special privileges or rights.
2014-02-10
54 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 55: Branden Fitelson discusses paradoxes of consistency
In this episode, Branden Fitelson proposes a new notion of coherence to explain certain unusual situations in which the need to believe what's true conflicts with the need to believe what's supported by evidence.
2014-01-08
45 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 54: Patricia Blanchette discusses Frege's logicism
In this episode, Patricia Blanchette explains why Gottlob Frege and other early 20th century philosophers wanted to understand all of mathematics as really being about logic.
2013-12-06
44 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 53: Martin Stokhof discusses formal semantics and Wittgenstein
In this episode, Martin Stokhof argues that understanding what formal theories of linguistic meaning are actually doing is less straightforward than it might seem.
2013-11-14
37 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 52: Rafeeq Hasan discusses Rousseau on freedom and happiness
In this episode, Rafeeq Hasan argues that according to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, there isn't any conflict between being a free individual and living in a cooperative society.
2013-10-14
37 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 51: Jeroen Groenendijk and Floris Roelofsen discuss inquisitive semantics
In this episode, Jeroen Groenendijk and Floris Roelofsen discuss a new theory of linguistic meaning that brings out a deep commonality between statements and questions.
2013-09-23
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 50: Greg Salmieri discusses the Aristotelian good life and productive work
In this episode, Greg Salmieri looks at the attitudes ancient philosophers used to take towards craftsmanship.
2013-08-21
36 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 49: Hans Kamp discusses discourse representation theory
In this episode, Hans Kamp discusses his influential dynamic theory of linguistic meaning.
2013-07-17
47 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 48: Jennifer Frey discusses the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
In this episode, Jennifer Frey discusses the medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas' idea that what's ethically right or wrong is determined by our nature as human beings.
2013-06-10
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 47: Alexandru Baltag discusses the logic of knowledge
In this episode, Alexandru Baltag gives us a tour through a number of formal definitions of knowledge that have been proposed in recent years.
2013-05-14
39 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 46: Frank Veltman discusses normality
In this episode, Frank Veltman discusses the central role that the idea of normality (along with abnormality) plays in our everyday reasoning.
2013-04-19
27 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 45: Anubav Vasudevan discusses probability and determinism
In this episode, Anubav Vasudevan argues that there is no conflict between the belief that the future is completely determined by the past and the belief that some things truly happen by chance.
2013-03-22
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 44: Joelle Proust discusses metacognition
In this episode, Joelle Proust discusses whether you need to have the concept of memory in order to evaluate your ability to remember things.
2013-02-15
34 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 43: Peter Adamson discusses the philosophy of Al-Kindi
In this episode, Peter Adamson gives us a tour through the impressively wide-ranging work of Al-Kindi, including his arguments for the unity of God and against the eternity of the universe.
2013-01-01
41 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 42: Agustin Rayo discusses the construction of logical space
In this episode, Agustin Rayo considers whether the number of dinosaurs being zero is the same thing as there being no dinosaurs, whether some wood blocks being nailed together into the shape of a table is the same thing as there being a table, and similar matters.
2012-12-12
37 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 41: David Enoch discusses metaethics
In this episode, David Enoch argues that there are real facts of the matter about whether something is right or wrong, and that our ability to deliberate about what to do depends on this.
2012-11-09
39 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 40: Johan van Benthem discusses logical dynamics
In this episode, Johan van Benthem argues that the subject matter of logic should be broadened to encompass not only processes of inference performed by individuals, but also the sharing of information among groups of people.
2012-10-08
36 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 39: Nicholas Asher discusses the philosophy of language
In this episode, Nicholas Asher discusses some of the challenges faced by philosophers, linguists, and computer scientists when it comes to developing a formal theory of meaning that (for example) a computer could understand.
2012-09-04
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 38: Christopher Frey discusses Aristotle on living organisms and their parts
In this episode, Christopher Frey explains why Aristotle thought that after you sever a person's hand, it isn't really a hand anymore.
2012-08-08
25 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 37: Catarina Dutilh Novaes discusses methods in philosophy
In this episode, Catarina Dutilh Novaes talks about whether there is any one method that's specific to philosophy, the way there is (for example) something we call the scientific method.
2012-07-10
25 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 36: Robert van Rooij discusses vagueness
In this episode, Robert van Rooij talks about a paradox that arises when you try to decide exactly how many millimeters high someone has to be in order to count as tall.
2012-06-15
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 35: Martha Nussbaum discusses the capabilities approach
In this episode, Martha Nussbaum proposes a new set of criteria for determining the overall health and prosperity of a country.
2012-05-07
28 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 34: Kieran Setiya discusses moral disagreement
In this episode, Kieran Setiya discusses the difference between disagreeing with someone about how you should live your life and disagreeing with someone about what you just saw (like, for example, who was the winner of a very close race).
2012-04-09
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 33: Daniel Sutherland discusses the philosophy of mathematics
In this episode, Daniel Sutherland explains some of the difficulties involved in trying to say what numbers are.
2012-03-14
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 32: Jennifer Lockhart discusses ignorant knowledge
In this episode, Jennifer Lockhart tells us what happens when a person is unable to go ahead and do something they know how to do in theory.
2012-02-09
24 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 31: Branden Fitelson discusses reasoning fallacies
In this episode, Branden Fitelson discusses some mistakes we often make when reasoning about probabilities, and explains why we may even have evolved to make these mistakes.
2012-01-11
44 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 30: Marko Malink discusses modal syllogistic
In this episode, Marko Malink discusses what Aristotle meant by words like 'every' and 'some,' and how his use of these words differs subtly from ours.
2011-12-12
30 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 29: Peter Kail discusses Hume's legacy
In this episode, Peter Kail discusses the importance of David Hume's contributions to philosophy, including his thoughts on the scientific method, human psychology, and religious belief.
2011-11-08
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 28: John Searle discusses human reality and basic reality
In this episode, John Searle explores some of the problems that come up when we try to reconcile what's obvious and self-evident about human experience with what we know about how the world works.
2011-10-18
38 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 27: Emma Borg discusses semantic minimalism
In this episode, Emma Borg explains why it's important to have a sharp distinction between what a person literally means when they say something and what they merely imply.
2011-09-26
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 26: Robert Richards discusses evolutionary ethics
In this episode, Robert Richards argues that we have evolved an instinct to act for the benefit of other people.
2011-09-08
36 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 25: Robert Stalnaker discusses conversational context
In this episode, Robert Stalnaker draws a distinction between two different meanings of the word 'context,' then explores some of its philosophical ramifications.
2011-07-18
28 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 24: Christopher Peacocke discusses the perception of music
In this episode, Christopher Peacocke discusses what it is to hear emotion in music.
2011-06-13
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 23: Quassim Cassam discusses transcendental arguments
In this episode, Quassim Cassam discusses an influential strategy for arguing against the idea that (for example) we're all in the Matrix.
2011-05-17
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 22: Ben Laurence discusses collective action
In this episode, Ben Laurence discusses the difference between what an individual person does and what a group of people does.
2011-04-06
29 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 21: Raymond Geuss discusses political liberalism
In this episode, Raymond Geuss critiques the idea that we should always look to what the general consensus is when deciding which political policies to adopt.
2011-03-07
32 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 20: Simon Critchley discusses faith
In this episode, Simon Critchley considers whether religious faith can serve as a model for faith in ethical principles.
2011-02-08
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 19: Dan Sperber discusses epistemic vigilance
In this episode, Dan Sperber discusses the psychological habits we develop in order to figure out whether the information we hear from other people is trustworthy.
2011-01-12
35 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 18: Mark Lance discusses language and power
In this episode, Mark Lance discusses how the conventions by which we verbally address one another define the roles we play in society.
2010-12-06
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 17: Brandon Fogel discusses mechanism and causation
In this episode, Brandon Fogel discusses how attitudes toward the idea of action at a distance have changed over the course of history.
2010-11-08
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 16: Amartya Sen discusses justice
In this episode, Amartya Sen critiques the idea that in order to make our society more just, we have to model it on an ideal.
2010-10-06
27 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 15: Brian Leiter discusses religious toleration
In this episode, Brian Leiter considers whether claims of religious conscience--as opposed to claims of other matters of conscience--should be given special status under the law.
2010-09-08
36 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 14: Edward Witherspoon discusses skepticism
In this episode, Edward Witherspoon considers whether a disembodied brain could, in principle, have the ability to think.
2010-08-02
33 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 13: Fabrizio Cariani discusses judgment aggregation
In this episode, Fabrizio Cariani discusses how the beliefs held by a single person in a group relate to the beliefs held by that group as a whole.
2010-07-09
23 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 12: Jason Bridges discusses contextualism
In this episode, Jason Bridges discusses how a single sentence can mean completely different things in different contexts, and why this is of particular interest to philosophers.
2010-06-03
40 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 11: Martin Gustafsson discusses philosophical pictures
In this episode, Martin Gustafsson discusses Ludwig Wittgenstein's thoughts on the commonsense belief that the meaning of a word is the thing for which the word stands.
2010-05-07
23 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 10: Richard Kraut discusses goodness
In this episode, Richard Kraut discusses the contrast between being good for someone and simply being good.
2010-04-05
22 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 9: Ted Cohen discusses metaphor
In this episode, Ted Cohen argues that metaphorical language is a tool we use to identify with other people.
2010-03-04
31 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 8: Chris Haufe discusses evolutionary psychology
In this episode, Chris Haufe discusses the problems involved in trying to give an evolutionary account of our psychological traits.
2010-02-12
23 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 7: Daniel Groll discusses nature and ethics
In this episode, Daniel Groll discusses how one might invoke the idea of nature when making an argument about what is right or wrong.
2010-01-04
24 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 6: Jesse Prinz discusses experimental philosophy
In this episode, Jesse Prinz discusses a new movement in philosophy which makes use of findings in psychology and the social sciences to address traditional philosophical problems.
2009-12-01
35 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 5: Jocelyn Benoist discusses the philosophy of perception
In this episode, Jocelyn Benoist reflects on whether our sense perception is reliable. Should we worry about whether we can be certain that there is a real, tangible, external world, or is that worry misplaced?
2009-11-02
34 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 4: Martha Nussbaum discusses sexuality and the law
In this episode, Martha Nussbaum discusses how and whether sexual conduct should be legally regulated.
2009-10-01
22 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 3: Brian Leiter discusses Nietzsche on morality
In this episode, Brian Leiter discusses Nietzsche's critique of morality and his naturalist approach to human psychology.
2009-09-01
30 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 2: Gabriel Richardson Lear discusses Plato's philosophy of poetry
In this episode, Gabriel Richardson Lear tells us why Plato thought that the stylistic choices made by a poet could have ethical ramifications.
2009-08-03
26 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 1: Agnes Callard discusses desire and satisfaction
In this episode, Agnes Callard offers a new account of what it is to want something, and what it means to get the thing you want.
2009-07-06
26 min