Three words that philosophy teachers dread hearing: 'It's all subjective'. Students who say this sometimes don't know what they really mean, and mysteriously think it ends further discussion. In this episode, we carry on the discussion, work out what it means, and why it's become so common to use it.

The Azim Premji University philosophers, Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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This episode, a Rabbi and a rabbit walk into a bar. The barman asks the rabbit 'what's your blood type'. She replies 'probably Type-O'. Puns: you are more likely to groan than to laugh. But can puns be good? And if so, what makes a pun a good one?

The Azim Premji University philosophers, Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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Space travel - what's the point? Would it be a good thing to inhabit a new planet if earth becomes uninhabitable? Do I owe anything to the human race as a whole? Is space travel good in itself, or is it just useful? The philosophers of Azim Premji University gather together to ask the questions.

The Azim Premji University philosophers, Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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The Azim Premji University philosophers get philosophical about laziness. Is it harder to do nothing than to do something? Does being lazy require strength of character? Do we value productivity too much? What's the relationship between laziness and leisure? Have a listen -- if you're not feeling too lazy!

Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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The philosophers of Azim Premji University discuss Zhuang Zi's claim that people "do not know the usefulness of uselesness" in the context of the university. Can useless things be valuable? Is there a paradox here? Along the way, we talk about metaphysics, counting sheep, and happiness.

Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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Having established that science and philosophy are the same thing, the philosophers of Azim Premji University turn their attention to maths! What's the relationship between the two? In answering this, we talk about abstraction, discuss maths pedagogy, consider Plato's proposal for a 12-year mathematical preparation for philosophy, and draw lessons from Karate Kid.

Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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In today’s podcast we explore the relationship between science and philosophy. Could the difference concern the prevalence of consensus? The use of evidence? The kinds of facts that are appealed to? Objects of study? Or are they really the same thing?

The band Daft Punk has split up! The philosophers of Azim Premji University come together to debate the philosophical implications. Was it good music? How can you even disagree about music?  Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU search for answers together.

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Do you take yourself too seriously? Is that even possible? Does social media make it worse?

The philosophers of Azim Premji University come together to find the answers: Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU.

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The Azim Premji University philosophy podcast, with Dr Chaturvedi, Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick and Nishok GU. Each episode one of us brings something that has piqued their philosophical interest, and the rest of the faculty get all philosophical about it. In this episode: Instapoetry: We begin our discussion with an instagram poem about adequacy. We go on to wonder about the need for self-improvement, the genre of instapoetry, and the extent to which the medium is the message https://tinyurl.com/2r87jq2n