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Episode 6 | Wittgenstein and Metaphilosophy | 27’32” Ludwig Wittgenstein is a philosopher’s philosopher: he had much to say about how philosophy should be done. In this episode Peter Hacker explains Wittgenstein’s metaphilosophical views, talks about the mind, and expresses his pessimism about contemporary philosophy. Peter Hacker is a Wittgenstein expert, and an Emeritus Research Fellow at St. John’s College, Oxford. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 6 | Wittgenstein and Metaphilosophy | 27’32” Ludwig Wittgenstein is a philosopher’s philosopher: he had much to say about how philosophy should be done. In this episode Peter Hacker explains Wittgenstein’s metaphilosophical views, talks about the mind, and expresses his pessimism about contemporary philosophy. Peter Hacker is a Wittgenstein expert, and an Emeritus Research Fellow at St. John’s College, Oxford. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 5 | Marx and Morality 33'51’’ Morality is often considered to be ahistorical. In this episode we focus on Marx, who disagrees with this view of morality. David Marjoribanks’ research focuses on the theories of ideology and the implications for morality in Marx and postmarxism. He argues that ethical norms are not transcendent, but are already there, embodied within our social practice. Critique, he thinks, is the holding to account of practice to its professed ideals. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 5 | Marx and Morality 33'51’’ Morality is often considered to be ahistorical. In this episode we focus on Marx, who disagrees with this view of morality. David Marjoribanks’ research focuses on the theories of ideology and the implications for morality in Marx and postmarxism. He argues that ethical norms are not transcendent, but are already there, embodied within our social practice. Critique, he thinks, is the holding to account of practice to its professed ideals. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 4 | The Mary Argument 14'11’’ Most scientists will tell you that the world is entirely physical. Frank Jackson is famous for a thought experiment that challenges this worldview. He is a Distinguished Professor at Australian National University and a Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His research focuses primarily on philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, and meta-ethics. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 4 | The Mary Argument 14'11’’ Most scientists will tell you that the world is entirely physical. Frank Jackson is famous for a thought experiment that challenges this worldview. He is a Distinguished Professor at Australian National University and a Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His research focuses primarily on philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, and meta-ethics. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 3 | Epidemiology 20’00” What is Epidemiology, and why is it philosophically interesting? Dr. Alex Broadbent is establishing the philosophy of epidemiology as a distinct area within the philosophy of science, and he has a blog on this topic. He is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, and an Affiliated Research Scholar in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He works on metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of law. Errata. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 3 | Epidemiology 20’00” What is Epidemiology, and why is it philosophically interesting? Dr. Alex Broadbent is establishing the philosophy of epidemiology as a distinct area within the philosophy of science, and he has a blog on this topic. He is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, and an Affiliated Research Scholar in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He works on metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of law. Errata. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Subscribe in iTunes

Episode 2 | Literature and Fictionality | 15’30”  What is it that makes us think of something as fictional or non-fictional? The answer is less obvious than one might at first think, and it drags along quite a baggage of other questions. David Davies has taught at McGill since 1987. He has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, following a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (Wadham College, Oxford) and an MA in Philosophy (Manitoba). His doctoral research and much of his research for the following few years was on the Realism/Anti-Realism debate in contemporary metaphysics, and on related issues in the Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Language. For the past 10 years his research has focussed mainly on metaphysical and epistemological issues in the Philosophy of Art. Host: Joshi | Download this episode | Download the second part of the interview

Episode 1 | Descartes, Technology and Minds | 21'30’’ Descartes is often depicted as the philosopher who built his system by restarting everything from scratch, after having sceptically dumped all formerly accepted opinions. Prof. Hanoch Ben-Yami challenges this view. He is professor at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, and an expert in various areas of theoretical philosophy, the history of modern philosophy, logic and philosophy of language. In his book Logic and Natural Language (2004), Prof. Ben-Yami challenged Frege’s system of logic. He is currently in the process of writing a book on Descartes. Host: Joshi |  Download Episode | Subscribe in iTunes