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365DaysOfPhilosophy 37 - Interview with Stephen Law
This is a part of my interview with philosophy educator and author Stephen Law - to get the full interview, subscribe for as little as $1 an episode at https://www.patreon.com/kyliesturgess.
Stephen Law is an English philosopher and Reader in Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London. He also edits the philosophical journal Think,which is published by the Royal Institute of Philosophyand aimed at the general public. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and Commerce, and in 2008 became the Provost of the Centre for Inquiry UK.
Law has published both a variety of academic papers and more popular, introductory books (including three children's philosophy books). He blogs at Stephen Law and Believing Bullshit, and uses Twitter at https://twitter.com/stephenlaw60.
For this interview, I opened with a question that my students always had about his career - how and why did he get into philosophy in the first place (particularly as an adult student at the age of 24)? We discuss humanism, atheism, debates about the existence of god, philosophy for all ages - and, of course, arguments... and how do you know when is it worth arguing in the first place?
This was conducted a few years ago and he has since gone on to do many more books and podcasts, but the questions raised about philosophy and his insights on the topic are still very relevant.
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This is a part of my interview with philosophy educator and author Stephen Law - to get the full interview, subscribe for as little as $1 an episode at https://www.patreon.com/kyliesturgess.
Stephen Law is an English philosopher and Reader in Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London. He also edits the philosophical journal Think,which is published by the Royal Institute of Philosophyand aimed at the general public. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and Commerce, and in 2008 became the Provost of the Centre for Inquiry UK.
Law has published both a variety of academic papers and more popular, introductory books (including three children's philosophy books). He blogs at Stephen Law and Believing Bullshit, and uses Twitter at https://twitter.com/stephenlaw60.
For this interview, I opened with a question that my students always had about his career - how and why did he get into philosophy in the first place (particularly as an adult student at the age of 24)? We discuss humanism, atheism, debates about the existence of god, philosophy for all ages - and, of course, arguments... and how do you know when is it worth arguing in the first place?
This was conducted a few years ago and he has since gone on to do many more books and podcasts, but the questions raised about philosophy and his insights on the topic are still very relevant.