Elucidations

By Matt Teichman

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 ... more

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The podcast currently has 148 episodes available.

Elucidations episodes:

July 16, 2014 Episode 61: Jeff Buechner discusses Kripke and functionalism
In this episode, Jeff Buechner gives us an overview of the work of Saul Kripke, and explains his (not yet published) argument against the idea that the human mind is a kind of computer.
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45min
June 23, 2014 Episode 60: Fabrizio Cariani shares some thoughts about oughts
In this episode, Fabrizio Cariani explains some of the challenges that arise when we try to precisely define the words 'ought' and 'should.'
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27min
May 14, 2014 Episode 59: Quill Kukla discusses reproductive risk
In this episode, Quill Kukla questions the assumptions behind the idea that keeping unborn fetuses safe is simply a matter of individual mothers managing risk responsibly.
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38min
April 17, 2014 Episode 58: Stewart Shapiro discusses vagueness, part II
In this episode, we return to the topic of vagueness from a new perspective.
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28min
March 19, 2014 Episode 57: Julia Annas discusses virtue ethics
In this episode, Julia Annas introduces us to the ancient Greek conception of ethics.
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40min
February 10, 2014 Episode 56: Philip Pettit discusses corporate rights and responsibilities
In this episode, Philip Pettit considers whether a corporation can have any special privileges or rights.
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55min
November 14, 2013 Episode 53: Martin Stokhof discusses formal semantics and Wittgenstein
In this episode, Martin Stokhof argues that understanding what formal theories of linguistic meaning are actually doing is less straightforward than it might seem.
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38min
September 23, 2013 Episode 51: Jeroen Groenendijk and Floris Roelofsen discuss inquisitive semantics
In this episode, Jeroen Groenendijk and Floris Roelofsen discuss a new theory of linguistic meaning that brings out a deep commonality between statements and questions.
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34min
August 21, 2013 Episode 50: Greg Salmieri discusses the Aristotelian good life and productive work
In this episode, Greg Salmieri looks at the attitudes ancient philosophers used to take towards craftsmanship.
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37min
July 17, 2013 Episode 49: Hans Kamp discusses discourse representation theory
In this episode, Hans Kamp discusses his influential dynamic theory of linguistic meaning.
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48min

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