Elucidations

By Matt TeichmanSociety & Culture Philosophy

Elucidations episodes

October 12, 2016 Episode 88: Kent Bach discusses jumping to conclusions and knowing when to think twice
In this episode, Kent Bach discusses the importance of subconscious processes that underlie ordinary, everyday reasoning.
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31 min
September 11, 2016 Episode 87: Susanna Schellenberg discusses perceptual particularity
In this episode, Susanna Schellenberg argues that hallucination involves the very same ability as ordinary visual experience--it's just that the ability goes wrong.
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32 min
August 18, 2016 Episode 86: Daniel Smyth discusses photographs and their vicissitudes
In this episode, Daniel Smyth discusses the vast amount of background knowledge that goes into interpreting a photograph.
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47 min
August 01, 2016 Episode 85: Bryce Huebner discusses race and cognitive science
In this episode, Bryce Huebner argues that our implicit racial biases are shaped by the physical environments we inhabit.
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36 min
June 10, 2016 Episode 84: Amanda Greene discusses the legitimacy of democracy
In this episode, Amanda Greene argues that democracy is the form of government that most reliably leads to long-term stability and acceptance.
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44 min
May 12, 2016 Episode 83: Bob Simpson discusses genealogical anxiety
In this episode, Bob Simpson discusses how a person should respond to the realization that they only believe something because of how they were brought up.
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36 min
April 13, 2016 Episode 82: Robert May discusses Frege and the problem of identity
In this episode, Robert May discusses the problems that arise when we try to explain what simple statements of arithmetic are saying.
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42 min
March 15, 2016 Episode 81: Cathy Legg discusses what Peirce's categories can do for you
In this episode, Cathy Legg talks about why Charles Sanders Peirce thought that existing was only one of three ways of being.
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38 min
February 10, 2016 Episode 80: Mark Hopwood discusses love and moral value
In this episode, Mark Hopwood discusses the moral relation that results when one person values another as a particular individual.
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32 min
January 06, 2016 Episode 79: Anthony S. Gillies discusses conditionals
In this episode, Anthony S. Gillies shows us how difficult it is to figure out what if/then statements mean!
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33 min

About Elucidations

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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…