Philosophy For Our Times

Must we give up on our current ideas of the self and identity? Listen to find out! Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes We laugh at the medieval view that disease is due to an imbalance in the four humours. Instead we see infectious illness as an attack by something external. But this can't be the whole story. After all, not everyone got Covid or suffered from it equally. There are mounting challenges to the standard attack-defence account of disease. Critics argue It relies on our being able to distinguish self and non-self and there is no such mechanism. Instead they argue radical collective and ecological frameworks provide a better and more effective account. Can the new paradigms of danger theory or adaptation help crack disease? Might immunology proves to be the key to the deep philosophical question of what makes us who we are? Quantum biologist JohnJoe McFadden, distinguished immunologist Ane Ogbe and Professor of Paediatric Immunology Petter Brodin debate the self and the non-self. Gunes Taylor hosts.   There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore. Find out more: https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=beyond-the-self-and-the-non-self See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Peter Godfrey-Smith pushes us to reconsider our moral limits.

Emma Sulkowicz, Andrea Elliott and Paul Muldoon debate the individual and society.

What is philosophy and how can it help us lead more meaningful lives? Join philosopher Rebecca Roache as she discusses the tools that philosophy can equip us with to create better lives and more enlightended societies.

An interview with CosmisSkeptic about scepticism, philosophy, religion, and more.

Mark Williams, Peter Lilley, and Natalie Bennett discuss the benefits and the trap of civilisation.

Bernardo Kastrup, Patricia Churchland and Carlo Rovelli lock horns from radically different sides of the consciousness debate.

Meg Rosoff sits down with us to give insight into her writing philosophy.

Simon Blackburn, Hilary Lawson and Ruth Chang discuss if certainty can ever truly be found.

Alister McGrath discusses the intersection between science, religion and certainty.

Joanna Kavenna, Ian Parker and Sarah Garfinkel explore modern trauma and what we can do about it. Mark Salter hosts.

Santiago Zabala, Corine Besson and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad debate the idea of certainty.

Juilan Baggini, Mina Salami, Hilary Lawson and Julie Bindel debate over the authority of so-called objective truth.

Galen Strawson, Massimo Pigliucci and Sarah Garfinkel debate innocence and guilt.

Is it bad if we are? Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes From the evening news to the latest films and novels - we are attracted to crises and the trials and tribulations of life. The pandemic brought stories of human suffering, whether from illness, isolation or joblessness, which we readily consumed. But the healthiness of this fascination with misery is questionable, potentially leaving us with a distorted picture of the state of affairs and low expectations for our happiness. Is this focus on negative human experiences universal, a hangover from our evolutionary past and originally a survival technique? Or is it a symptom of a culture in decline? Should we seek to snap out of this pessimistic cultural focus and instead celebrate success stories and look positively to the future?  Award-winning authors Elise Valmorbida and Meg Rosoff and philosopher and an honorary professor at UCL Nick Zangwill discuss the call of the catastrophe and calamity. Mary Ann Sieghart hosts.   There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore. Find out more: https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=crisis-and-desire See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.