Elucidations
Elucidations is an unexpected philosophy podcast produced in association with Emergent Ventures. Every episode, Matt Teichman temporarily transforms himself back into a student and tries to learn the basics of some topic from a person of philosophical interest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes
Jun 5, 2015 • 35min
Episode 71: Kent Schmor discusses Carnap's Aufbau
In this episode, Kent Schmor introduces us to Rudolf Carnap's classic work, _The Logical Construction of the World_. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 6, 2015 • 33min
Episode 70: Susan James discusses Spinoza on the good embodied life
In this episode, Susan James explains Spinoza's view that the mind and the body are really just different aspects of the same thing, and how that view led him to think of moral reasoning as having an emotional component. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2015 • 33min
Episode 69: Christel Fricke discusses Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments
In this episode, Christel Fricke discusses a view in ethics according to which you determine the right thing to do by imitating the perspective of an ideal, impartial spectator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 18, 2015 • 43min
Episode 68: Mark Lance discusses anarchism
In this episode, Mark Lance defends the view that instead of answering to a central authority, our society should self-govern, only scaling up what it has to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2015 • 32min
Episode 67: John Protevi discusses Darwin, disaster, and prosociality
In this episode, John Protevi discusses research across several different disciplines which supports the hypothesis that human beings evolved to cooperate with each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 17, 2014 • 41min
Episode 66: Haim Gaifman discusses mathematical reasoning
In this episode, Haim Gaifman argues that there are mathematical facts about real, objective, mathematical entities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 17, 2014 • 39min
Episode 65: Julian Savulescu discusses doping in sports
In this episode, Julian Savulescu argues that professional sports should change their regulations so as to allow for a certain amount of doping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 18, 2014 • 52min
Episode 64: James Conant and Jay Elliott discuss the analytic tradition
In this episode, James Conant and Jay Elliott go into the history of the movement known as analytic philosophy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 19, 2014 • 38min
Episode 63: Michael Devitt discusses reference
In this episode, Michael Devitt explains why we need a theory of what it means for a proper name to stand for a person or place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2014 • 31min
Episode 62: Sally Sedgwick discusses Hegel’s critique of Kant
In this episode, Sally Sedgwick runs through Immanuel Kant’s idea that doing the right thing means doing whatever respects the dignity of all rational creatures, along with G. W. F. Hegel’s worry that Kant neglected how his moral theory was the product of a particular historical moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
