New Philosophy of Biology Series on PBS: A Preview with Host Robert Lawrence Kuhn

This month, a new philosophy of biology series premiers on PBS hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn.  The series will go for thirteen episodes and includes over 250 interview clips with some of the world’s leading biologists and philosophers, including Richard Dawkins, Terrence Deacon, Peter Godfrey Smith, and Samir Okasha. Show titles include: Why Philosophy of Biology?, Philosophy of Units/Levels of Natural Selection, and Philosophy of Sex and Gender.Robert joins us today to preview the series, his first in 25 years on biology.  At the heart of the interview is a discussion of reductionism and emergence,  a familiar subject for this show.