Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.
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David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com
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Fear of persuasion (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 12. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/fear-of-persuasion Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. …
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Cheryl Misak on Frank Ramsey's Life and Thought
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The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey died aged 26, but in a short brilliant life he made significant contributions to philosphy and economics. Here in the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy Bites David Edmonds discusses Ramsey's life and thought with his biographer Cheryl Misak.
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Cancel culture (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 11. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/cancel-culture Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What …
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Romantic validation (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 10. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/romantic-validation Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. …
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Moral heroes are usually thought of as people who go beyond what is obligatory. Elizabeth Harman discusses whether sometimes we ought to act as moral heroes. She is in conversation with David Edmonds for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Cryonics (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 9. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/cryonics Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would th…
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Taylor Swift (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 8. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/taylor-swift Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What woul…
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Love triangles (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 7. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/love-triangles Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wou…
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Color (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 6. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/color Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they d…
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Power (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 5. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/power Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they di…
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Experts vs. elites [Revisited] (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 4. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/experts-vs-elites-revisited Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rul…
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Walter Sinnott Armstrong on AI and Morality
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Can AI help us make difficult moral decisions? Walter Sinnott Armstrong explores this idea in conversation with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Protest (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 3. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/protest Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they d…
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Internet culture (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with Katherine Dee)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 2. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/internet-culture Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wou…
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Meta (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 1. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/meta Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discu…
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The Two Cultures (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 11. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/the-two-cultures Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wo…
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Multiculturalism (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 10. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/multiculturalism Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What woul…
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Cultural evolution (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 9. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/cultural-evolution Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wo…
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3 Body Problem (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson, with Arnold Brooks)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 8. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/3-body-problem Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would t…
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David Edmonds on the Life and Philosophy of Derek Parfit
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David Edmonds discusses the life and work of Derek Parfit who died in 2017 in this episode of the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy. David is the author of a recent biography of Parfit.
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Yascha Mounk discusses some of the ways in which focussing on gender, racial, and sexual identities can distort political argument and be counterproductive for oppressed minorities.
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Corpses (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 7. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/corpses Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they dis…
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Nostalgia (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 6. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/nostalgia Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they di…
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Resentment (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 5. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/resentment Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they …
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J.L.Austin was the best known exponent of what came to be known as Ordinary Language Philosophy. He was also a war hero. In this episode of the Bio Bites strand of the Philosophy Bites podcast David Edmonds discusses Austin's life and work with his biographer Mark Rowe.
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Social miracles (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 4. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/social-miracles Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would …
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Consumerism (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 3. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/consumerism Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they di…
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Disagreement and alienation (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson, with Berislav Marušić)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 2. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/disagreement-and-alienation Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wo…
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Evidence order bias (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 8, Episode 1. View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/evidence-order-bias Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would the…
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In this episode James Klagge discusses the life and times of Ludwig Wittgenstein with David Edmonds. This is part of our mini series on the biographies of philosophers, Bio Bites.
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David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind
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What happens when people have sexual desires for one another? Agnes Callard from the University of Chicago discusses sex, eroticism, and much more in conversation with Nigel Warburton. Not surprisingly, this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast involves mention of sex.
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Theoretical vs. Practical Reason (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson, with Laura Deming)
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View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/theoretical-vs-practical-reason Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past e…
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Psychoanalysis (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with Jamieson Webster)
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View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/psychoanalysis Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each othe…
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Inspiration (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/inspiration Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other?…
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Augustine is usually described as a pessimist with a bleak view of human evil and corruption. Michael Lamb thinks that is a simplistic reading. Augustine has interesting things to say about hope as a virtue.
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Respect (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)
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View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/respect Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make…
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Fighting (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)
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View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/fighting Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Mak…
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Contrarians (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with Aella)
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View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/contrarians Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? M…
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Seth Lazar on Political Philosophy in the Age of AI
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AI has changed our lives already and looks set to have a huge impact. How should we adapt our thinking about political philosophy in the light of this? The philosopher Seth Lazar explores this question in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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