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The Art of Living Philosophically from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.484012
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks about the Art of Living series of books with series editor Mark Vernon, who has also written Wellbeing. Grant also interviews Piers Benn about Commitment and...
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The School of Ethics from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.474056
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now introduces philosophy teacher John Holroyd, who chairs a debate among his students from St Dunstan’s College on the ethical issues surrounding the UK riots and the...
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Feminist Philosophy from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.462764
Anja Steinbauer, President of Philosophy For All, thrashes out the meanings, contributions and tribulations of feminist philosophy with her guests, feminist thinker Ann Brisby, Professor of Sociolo...
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The Thoughts of Friedrich Nietzsche from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.459071
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the influence and ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, the infamous German anti-Christian philosopher, with Ken Gemes, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck. Firs...
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Minds, Science and Metaphysics from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.441524
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, about the philosophy of science, and especially what science says about the l...
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Medical Ethics: Being Healthy and Doing Good from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.417622
Anja Steinbauer, President of Philosophy For All, is joined by ethical philosophers Piers Benn, Carwyn Hooper and Elselijn Kingma to discuss our responsibilities for our own health, government init...
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Representing Arthur Schopenhauer from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.404981
He’s known as the philosopher of pessimism, and he has a remarkably cheerless view of the nature of reality, but he’s also a poetic writer who advocates compassion and loves art. Grant Bartley from...
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The Limits of Science from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.400709
What is the scientific method? What’s special about it? What are the limits of its application? How does science compare with other ways of knowing and when should we use those other ways in prefer...
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The Hidden World of Immanuel Kant from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.361648
Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and guests John Callanan from King’s College, London, and Andrew Ward from the University of York to talk about the most important idea you’ve never heard of,...
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Beyond Right and Wrong from 2023-12-12T20:07:31.353986
What is meta-ethics? How does meta-ethics differ from ethics, and what does it tell us about ethics? Why is it important for how we should live our lives? Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and...
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The Mental Universe Debate from 2014-06-29T19:00
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now (and author of The Metarevolution) is joined by members of London philosophy groups Philosophy For All and the Philosophical Society of England to debate an argume...
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The Linguistic Wizardry of Ludwig Wittgenstein from 2014-06-22T19:00
Ludwig Wittgenstein worked out how language has meaning, twice. He also thought that some of the most important things we can know we can’t express at all. Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now finds o...
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Philosophy, Lies and Politics from 2014-06-15T19:00
Might Nietzsche be right, claiming that lying is “a condition of life?” – Or Kant, arguing that lying means annihilating human dignity? Is it ever acceptable for governments to lie to the public or...
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How Come Consciousness? from 2014-05-25T19:00
Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and guests Philip Goff from the University of Liverpool and Tom McClelland from the University of Manchester as they try to work out how all that electricity ...
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Buddhist Philosophy from 2014-05-18T19:00
What has Buddhism to offer the 21st Century? Join Anja Steinbauer and her guests, Martin Muchall and Rick Lewis, for a critical discussion of ideas in and about Buddhism. First broadcast on 18 May ...
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Impressions of David Hume from 2014-05-11T19:00
Isaiah Berlin said of David Hume, “No man has influenced the history of philosophy to a deeper or more disturbing degree.” Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now plus guests Jane O’Grady, Peter Kai...
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In Defence of Wonder from 2012-05-31T12:00
Look inside the mind of a famous thinker: Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and writer Daryn Green talk to author and Philosophy Now columnist Raymond Tallis about his latest book, In Defence of Wo...
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Philosophy and Literature from 2012-03-27T23:00
Both philosophy and literature represent the world and reflect on it. They are clearly different, yet converge, overlap and relate to one another in various ways. Can anything be gained philosophic...
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Free Will and the Brain from 2012-03-20T22:30
Given what we now know about the mind’s connection with brain activity, and that brain activity, being normal physical activity, apparently must be determined by physical laws, is it possible to sa...
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Philosophy in Education from 2012-03-13T22:30
Should schools teach philosophy? When literacy and numeracy levels have not improved in 55 years, shouldn’t teachers be concentrating on improving the three Rs rather than introducing a fourth? Pet...
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The Tragedy of Life from 2012-02-21T20:20
How should we deal with the tragic side of life? And how have the philosophers responded to the tragic fragility of life and happiness, especially in modern times, from Nietzsche onwards? Grant B...
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Transhumanism and Posthumanism from 2012-02-14T20:15
What is the future of humanity? What limits should we impose on our biotechnological and other scientific developments – what will happen when we don’t? Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now asks Debra...
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Socrates: Man and Myth from 2012-01-31T21:00
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses Socrates, his ideas and role in Western philosophy, with M.M. McCabe from King’s College London, and Tim Chappell from the Open University. First broadc...
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The Ideas of G.W.F. Hegel from 2012-01-24T21:15
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses questions about the nature of historical change, the purpose of human life and more from a Hegelian perspective with Katerina Deligiorgi, from the Univer...
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The Philosophy of Human Rights from 2012-01-18T11:40
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the philosophical foundations, implications and limits of human rights with Saladin Meckled-Garcia, the Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights, a...
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Moral Psychology from 2012-01-10T20:40
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Constantine Sandis from Oxford Brookes University, Alex Gregory from Reading University, and Michael Lacewing from Heythrop College, University of London,...
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What is Philosophy? from 2011-12-13T20:20
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Anja Steinbauer, founder of Philosophy For All, Rick Lewis, founder of Philosophy Now magazine, and Peter Worley, founder of The Philosophy Foundation, ab...
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Existential Psychotherapy from 2011-11-29T21:00
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now interviews Gill Davies, practicing existential psychotherapist, and Brian O’Gorman, Associate Lecturer at the Open University and a High Intensity Therapist, abou...
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Global Capitalism - Good or Bad? from 2011-11-16T17:10
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the benefits and costs of globalisation and global capitalism with Neil Kellard, Chair of Finance at the University of Essex, Richard Baron who teaches P...
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Primary School Philosophy from 2011-10-27T23:54
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now introduces Peter Worley from The Philosophy Foundation who conducts a live philosophy lesson with a group of 8-to-10 year olds from All Saints Primary School in Bl...
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In the Realm of the Senses from 2011-10-18T20:45
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now visits the realm of the senses with guests Barry Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Norman Bacrac, an epiphenomalist philosopher, and Richard Marshall...
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Civilization and Its Discontents from 2011-10-12T16:45
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now asks David Bell, President of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Edward Harcourt, Lecturer in Philosophy, Keble College, Oxford, and Alex Gath, anthropologist, ...
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The History of Philosophy in Less Than an Hour from 2011-09-27T22:14:03
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Nigel Warburton, author of A Little History of Philosophy, and Jane O’Grady, who teaches History of Philosophy at the London School of Philosophy, about w...
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Who Is This God Person Anyway? from 2011-09-20T22:13:54
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now asks “Who is this God person anyway?” with Barry Hingston promoting Christianity, Hamza Tzortzis promoting Islam, and Richard Baron promoting atheism. Who can make...
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Feminist Film Theory from 2011-09-13T22:13:12
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now finds out what feminist film theory is from Terri Murray, author of Feminist Film Studies: A Teacher’s Guide, and Anja Steinbauer, President of Philosophy For All ...
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Aping Philosophy from 2011-07-12T22:12:52
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Raymond Tallis about why the mind is not the brain and human beings are not merely animals, and other ideas from Prof. Tallis’s new book Aping Mankind. Fi...
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics from 2011-06-21T22:12:43
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Manjit Kumar, author of Quantum, about quantum mechanics. First broadcast on 21 June 2011 on Resonance FM.
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Teaching Philosophy to Children from 2011-05-19T22:12:32
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Peter Worley, who runs The Philosophy Shop, and John Holroyd, an A-level philosophy teacher, about teaching philosophy to school children from as young a...
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Wittgenstein’s Art Class from 2011-04-13T22:12:21
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Nick Blackburn, director of Wittgenstein (The Crooked Roads), Alex Gath and Mark Roberts about what art is. First broadcast on 13 April 2011 on Resonance FM.
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How to Think Like an Agnostic Bat from 2011-02-17T22:12:06
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Peter Cave, author of How To Think Like A Bat (And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses Of Philosophy), and Mark Vernon, author of How To Be An Agnostic, abou...
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