Elucidations

Quassim Cassam, a philosophy professor at Warwick University, dives into transcendental arguments and their implications for knowledge. He discusses how skepticism challenges our understanding of existence, using examples from popular culture like Sherlock Holmes. Cassam explores strategies to counter skeptical views, emphasizing the validity of knowledge despite skeptical scenarios. He also critiques assumptions made by skeptics and unpacks Kant’s transcendental arguments, shedding light on the relationship between outer and inner experiences.

In this episode, Ben Laurence discusses the difference between what an individual person does and what a group of people does. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Simon Critchley considers whether religious faith can serve as a model for faith in ethical principles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Mark Lance discusses how the conventions by which we address one another verbally define the roles we play in society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Brandon Fogel discusses how attitudes toward the idea of action at a distance have changed over the course of history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Edward Witherspoon considers whether a disembodied brain could, in principle, have the ability to think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.