Thoughts: Philosophy Untangled

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Ep. 56 The Women are Up to Something ft. Benjamin Lipscomb

Friday, October 25, 2024 • Duration 39:06

In this episode, Margot and Tinka interview Benjamin Lipscomb on his new book: 'The Women Are Up To Something'. Follow along as we learn about the lives of Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midley and Iris Murdoch who revolutionised the study of ethics.

Photo credit: Amy Tetta

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Ep. 55. Love Enhancement ft. Nicky Brown

Friday, October 11, 2024 • Duration 01:03:17

Join us as Adam and Tinka interview our very own host Nicky Brown on his dissertation: Love enhancement. Can love be enhanced? If so, what aspects of it? And how should we value such 'enhanced' love? Tune in to discover the answer to these questions, and many more!

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#46. Truth and Evidence ft. Jack Lyons

Episode 46

Thursday, October 5, 2023 • Duration 51:07

In this episode, Jonah, Tinka, and Dr. Lyons uncover the relationship between truth, belief and perception. Follow them through thought experiments and counterexamples as they attempt to construct reliable frameworks by which we can come to better understand and trust these concepts and how we arrive at them.

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#45. Play ft. Michael Ridge

Episode 45

Friday, September 29, 2023 • Duration 01:03:25

How do we define and understand the nature of play? In this episode, Calum and Laura speak to Michael Ridge, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. They discuss Ridge's functionalist theory of play, the difference between playing a game and playing full-stop, whether animals can engage in transgressive play and whether play can be considered as a moral virtue.

About the Guest

Michael Ridge is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. For most of his career he has worked on metaethics, where he has defended a new form of expressivism.

More recently, Ridge has turned his attention to the philosophy of play and games, where he has published a series of articles over the past five years. As of the recording of this podcast, Ridge is on research leave writing a book on the nature and value of play, tentatively entitled Why So Serious?.

He is also writing a separate book, provisionally titled Beyond Meaning, on the concept of meaning in life and how we would be better off without that concept, or anyway without caring about meaning in life. Playfulness is important in the context of that book as well, as Ridge argues that cultivating playfulness is essential to not taking yourself too seriously, which he argues is the key to fully abandoning the desire for meaning in life.

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Brosnan SF, De Waal FB. 2003 Monkeys reject unequal pay. Nature. Sep 18;425(6955):297-9. Burke, R. 1971. “Work” and “Play.” Ethics, 82(1), 33–47. Ridge, Michael. 2021. Why So Serious? The Nature and Value of Play. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 105: 406– 434. Suits Bernard and Frank Newfeld. 1978. The Grasshopper : Games Life and Utopia. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

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#44. Logic ft. Greg Restall

Episode 44

Monday, April 17, 2023 • Duration 47:55

Calum and Adam sit down with Dr Greg Restall to get an introduction to the field of logic within Philosophy. They talk about what logic can be like at the start of your university philosophy career, and how the "baby logician" can avoid falling into the trap of becoming a "debate bro" who fails to further the discourse. Greg then also explains paradoxes, as well as what the current field of logic looks like.

Sound Editor: Sean Duxbury

Greg Restall is Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Queensland in 1994, and has held positions at the Australian National University, Macquarie University, and the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on logic, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. He is the author of An Introduction to Substructural Logics (Routledge, 2000), Logic (Routledge, 2006), Logical Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2006; with Jc Beall) and Logical Methods (MIT Press, 2023; with Shawn Standefer). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. His personal website is: https://consequently.org

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#43. Rights: Who Gets Them? ft. Martin Bunzl

Monday, January 30, 2023 • Duration 01:12:45

Jonah and Alexandros are joined once again by Martin Bunzl, emeritus profesor of philosophy at Rutgers University, to consider the significance of rights. Ranging from consciousness to politics, to elephants and lakes, the conversation considers questions like 'what are rights for?', 'what is the relationship of rights to duties?', and 'what kinds of beings get rights?'

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#42. Spinoza ft. Dr. Alexander Douglas

Episode 42

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 • Duration 57:08

In this episode Alexandros and Calum sit down with Dr Alexander Douglas, a senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews, to discuss the life and work of Baruch Spinoza. They touch on several topics, including Spinoza's controversial theological stances, his substance monism and the implication of his views for how society should operate.

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#41. Erotica, Pornography and Oppression ft Emilia Wilson

Monday, December 5, 2022 • Duration 59:11

This week, Emilia Wilson from Univeristy of St Andrews joins us to discuss erotica, pornography and oppression. They talk about the differences between erotica and pornography, and what this means for us socially, ethically and politically.

Trigger warnings: sexual violence, sexual assault, consent, rape

Content warnings: discussion of sexual acts, pornography, sexual violence, ejaculation, BDSM, masturbation, consent.

Papers:

"Date Rape: A Feminist Analysis" Lois Pineau

"A Non-Ideal Theory of Consent" Quill R Kukla

"Blurred Lines: How Fictional is Pornography" Aidan McGlynn

"How Not To Watch Feminist Pornography" R K Heck

"Scorekeeping in a pornographic language game" Rae Langton & Caroline West

A short video on consent by Planned Parenthood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTSDIilyA2I

'A closer look at sexual coercion'

https://www.thehotline.org/resources/a-closer-look-at-sexual-coercion/

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#40. Freedom of Speech & Content Constraints ft. Dr. Derek Ball

Monday, November 21, 2022 • Duration 01:00:43

When is speech 'free' speech? Are we free to think anything we want? Can thought ever truly be 'free'? In this episode, Calum and Jonah discuss what it means to have freedom of speech and thought, with Dr. Derek Ball. They discuss how the structure of our mind, our language and our world can constrain the content of our ideas, and whether some kinds of content constraints may in fact be necessary.

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#39. Digital Ethics of Care ft. Michelle O'Reilly

Monday, November 7, 2022 • Duration 47:25

This week Jonah and Amelia are joined by Dr Michelle O'Reilly, who'll be discussing her work on 'Digital Ethics of Care' - how we can improve conduct online, how adolescents think about themselves and others on social media, how philosophy might help, and much more.

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