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The Mental Universe Debate

06.29.2014

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 argument advanced by PFA member Kieran Quill that according to ...

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06.29.2014 The Mental Universe Debate 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 argument advanced by PFA member Kieran Quill that according to ...
06.22.2014 The Linguistic Wizardry of Ludwig Wittgenstein 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 out the meaning and limits of language ...
06.15.2014 Philosophy, Lies and Politics 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 for individuals to lie to the ...
06.08.2014 Beyond Right and Wrong 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 his guests Edward Harcourt from ...
06.01.2014 The Hidden World of Immanuel Kant 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, and some other persuasive arguments from revolutionary ...
05.25.2014 How Come Consciousness? 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 between your nerve cells relates to and ...
05.18.2014 Buddhist Philosophy 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 2014 on Resonance FM.
05.11.2014 Impressions of David Hume 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 Kail and James Arnold to find out why. ...
05.31.2012 In Defence of Wonder 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 Wonder, and about the influences and motivations ...
03.27.2012 Philosophy and Literature 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 philosophically by examining literature? Conversely, does it add to our ...
03.20.2012 Free Will and the Brain 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 say we have free will anymore? If so, in ...
03.13.2012 Philosophy in Education 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? Peter Worley, co-founder and CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, talks with ...
03.06.2012 The Limits of Science 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 preference to science – if ever? ...
03.02.2012 Representing Arthur Schopenhauer 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 Philosophy Now finds out about Arthur ...
02.21.2012 The Tragedy of Life 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 Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Christopher Hamilton ...
02.14.2012 Transhumanism and Posthumanism 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 Shaw from the University of East London, Blay ...
02.07.2012 Medical Ethics: Being Healthy and Doing Good 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 initiatives to makes us lead healthier lives, patient automomy and choices, as ...
01.31.2012 Socrates: Man and Myth 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 broadcast on 31 January 2012 on Resonance FM.
01.24.2012 The Ideas of G.W.F. Hegel 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 University of Sussex, and writer Peter Benson. With live music by ...
01.18.2012 The Philosophy of Human Rights 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, and Tom Sorrell, Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics ...
01.10.2012 Moral Psychology 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, about the psychological motivations behind moral behaviour and the scientific understanding of morality. ...
12.13.2011 What is Philosophy? 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, about what philosophy means to them, and their motivations for and ...
12.06.2011 Minds, Science and Metaphysics 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 link between the mind and the brain. With live music ...
11.29.2011 Existential Psychotherapy 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, about this form of psychotherapy and its connection with existentialist philosophy. First broadcast on 29 ...
11.23.2011 Love Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses love and questions at the heart of our emotional lives with Simon May, author of the recent Love: A History and visiting professor at King’s College, London, and Edward Harcourt, Lecturer in Philosophy, Keble ...
11.16.2011 Global Capitalism - Good or Bad? 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 Philosophy at the Mary Ward Centre, and Tom Rubens, who ...
11.08.2011 The Thoughts of Friedrich Nietzsche 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. First broadcast on 8 November 2011 on Resonance FM.
11.01.2011 Feminist Philosophy 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 Sociology Vikki Bell, Reader in Philosophy Meena Dhanda and philosopher and film-maker Terri Murray. ...
10.27.2011 Primary School Philosophy 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 Blackheath. First broadcast on 26 October 2011 on Resonance ...
10.18.2011 In the Realm of the Senses 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 to discuss the nature of human experience. With live music from ...
10.12.2011 Civilization and Its Discontents 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, about the contemporary relevance of Freud’s social theory. First broadcast on 11 October 2011 ...
10.04.2011 The School of Ethics 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 Dale Farm travellers. First broadcast on 4 October 2011 ...
09.27.2011 The History of Philosophy in Less Than an Hour 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 what they like best in the history of Western ...
09.20.2011 Who Is This God Person Anyway? 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 the best case for their belief system? Will any of them ...
09.13.2011 Feminist Film Theory 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 and Chair both of PFA’s Film Club and its ...
09.06.2011 The Art of Living Philosophically 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 Ziyad Marar about Deception. First broadcast on 6 ...
07.12.2011 Aping Philosophy 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. First broadcast on 12 July 2011 ...
06.21.2011 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Manjit Kumar, author of Quantum, about quantum mechanics. First broadcast on 21 June 2011 on Resonance FM.
05.19.2011 Teaching Philosophy to Children 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 as four. First broadcast on 19 May 2011 on Resonance ...
04.13.2011 Wittgenstein’s Art Class 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.
02.17.2011 How to Think Like an Agnostic Bat 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, about their books and their ...

Philosophy Now

What's Philosophy Now about?

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Philosophy Now episodes:

The Mental Universe Debate

The Linguistic Wizardry of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy, Lies and Politics

Beyond Right and Wrong

The Hidden World of Immanuel Kant

How Come Consciousness?

Buddhist Philosophy

Impressions of David Hume

In Defence of Wonder

Philosophy and Literature

Free Will and the Brain

Philosophy in Education

The Limits of Science

Representing Arthur Schopenhauer

The Tragedy of Life

Transhumanism and Posthumanism

Medical Ethics: Being Healthy and Doing Good

Socrates: Man and Myth

The Ideas of G.W.F. Hegel

The Philosophy of Human Rights

Moral Psychology

What is Philosophy?

Minds, Science and Metaphysics

Existential Psychotherapy

Love

Global Capitalism - Good or Bad?

The Thoughts of Friedrich Nietzsche

Feminist Philosophy

Primary School Philosophy

In the Realm of the Senses

Civilization and Its Discontents

The School of Ethics

The History of Philosophy in Less Than an Hour

Who Is This God Person Anyway?

Feminist Film Theory

The Art of Living Philosophically

Aping Philosophy

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Teaching Philosophy to Children

Wittgenstein’s Art Class

How to Think Like an Agnostic Bat

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