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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Graham Priest on Buddhism and Philosophy

October 13, 2015 17:52 13.0 MB Downloads: 0

What is the nature of the self? What is reality? How should we live? These are fundamental philosophical questions. Graham Priest discusses how such questions have been discussed in the Buddhist tradition for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Jesse Prinz on Is Everything Socially Constructed?

September 27, 2015 20:27 14.86 MB Downloads: 0

To what degree is reality something created by us? Jesse Prinz explores this fascinating question in conversation with Nigel Warburton. 

Massimo Pigliucci on the Demarcation Problem

September 13, 2015 23:56 17.36 MB Downloads: 0

How can you tell science from non-science? Karl Popper argued that the falsifiability of a hypothesis is the mark of science. Massimo Pigliucci is not so sure about that.     

David Owens on Duty

September 01, 2015 12:42 9.28 MB Downloads: 0

What is a duty and what sort of obligation does it put us on? David Owens explores the nature of duty in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. If you enjoy Philosophy Bites, please consider supporting us via Patreon.

Kimberley Brownlee on Social Deprivation

August 19, 2015 17:24 12.66 MB Downloads: 0

We are a highly social species: we need human contact. But do we have a right to it? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Kimberley Brownlee suggests that this is an ingredient in a minimally decent human life...

Shelly Kagan on Speciesism

August 01, 2015 24:33 17.81 MB Downloads: 0

The philosopher Peter Singer is famous for his attack on speciesism, the alleged prejudice that many exhibit in favour of human interests when compared with the interests of other animals. Here Shelly Kagan outlines Singer's position and takes issue with it. In the process he makes some interesting points about prejudices in general.

Susan James on Foucault and Knowledge

July 22, 2015 21:37 15.7 MB Downloads: 0

Michel Foucault's work explores a wide range of topics; it includes histories of both punishment and sex. He also wrote more abstractly about philosophical topics. One theme to which he kept returning, whatever the topic, was the nature of our knowledge. Susan James discusses this thread in his work in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Larry Temkin on Transitivity

July 06, 2015 20:57 15.22 MB Downloads: 0

How do you choose which course of action is best? It seems reasonable that if A is better than B, and B is better than C, A must be better than C. But is it? Larry Temkin challenges this idea, known as the axiom of transitivity.

William B. Irvine on Living Stoically

June 21, 2015 13:30 9.85 MB Downloads: 0

How should we live? is a basic philosophical question. The Stoics had some answers. But are they relevant today? William B. Irvine thinks so. Listen to his conversation with Nigel Warburton on this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Steven Lukes on Power

June 06, 2015 14:25 10.52 MB Downloads: 0

What is power? Steven Lukes argues for a three-dimensional account of this concept in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Theodore Zeldin on Philosophy and History

June 06, 2015 12:09 8.88 MB Downloads: 0

The historian and writer Theodore Zeldin gives his personal take on the relation betwen philosophy and history in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

Jesse Prinz on Art and Emotion

May 22, 2015 20:29 14.88 MB Downloads: 0

What part do emotions play in our appreciation of art? Jesse Prinz explores the sense of wonder at artworks in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Cassim Quassam on Conspiracy Theories

May 10, 2015 20:47 12.6 MB Downloads: 0

What is a conspiracy? Why do conspiracies - real or imagined -  matter to philsophy? Cassim Quaassam explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton

Tim Williamson on the Appeal of Relativism

April 28, 2015 13:47 8.41 MB Downloads: 0

Are all truths relative? That's an attractive idea for many people. Tim Williamson, Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University discusses why and attempts to immunise us against sloppy thinking in this area.

Shaun Nichols on Death and the Self

April 14, 2015 14:43 8.97 MB Downloads: 0

How does your view of the self affect your attitude to your own death? Shaun Nichols discusses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.