Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Summary: Elucidations is a monthly philosophy podcast recorded at the University of Chicago. Each month, a prominent philosopher sits down with our graduate student co-hosts to talk about his or her latest work and areas of philosophical expertise. The podcast covers a wide range of topics from the theoretical to the practical (including causation, metaphor, agency, religious freedom, and moral psychology) and explores a wide range of problems from the perennial to the cutting-edge (including skepticism and experimental philosophy).
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- Artist: Matt Teichman & Mark Hopwood
- Copyright: Copyright 2014
Podcasts:
In this episode, Ben Laurence discusses the difference between what an individual person does and what a group of people does.
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.
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.
In this episode, Simon Critchley considers whether religious faith can serve as a model for faith in ethical principles.
In this episode, Simon Critchley considers whether religious faith can serve as a model for faith in ethical principles.
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.
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.
In this episode, Mark Lance discusses how the conventions by which we address one another verbally define the roles we play in society.
In this episode, Mark Lance discusses how the conventions by which we address one another verbally define the roles we play in society.
In this episode, Brandon Fogel discusses how attitudes toward the idea of action at a distance have changed over the course of history.
In this episode, Brandon Fogel discusses how attitudes toward the idea of action at a distance have changed over the course of history.
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.
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.
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.
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.
