WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life

Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Robert Audi, the O'Brien professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Ryan Patrick Hanley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. His research in the history of political philosophy focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment. He is the author of Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue (Cambridge University Press, 2009), and co-editor, with Darrin M. McMahon, of The Enlightenment: Critical Concepts in History , 5 vols. (Routledge, 2010).

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law at Case Western University; professor of bioethics; and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center; and the author of Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of “ Plato at the Googleplex, Why Philosophy Won't Go Away.” Goldstein has taught at Barnard and Trinity Colleges, and Rutgers, Columbia, Brandeis, and Harvard University. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles, two non-fiction books on Gödel and Spinoza, seven novels, and numerous short stories. She has been a MacArthur Fellow.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Murray Sperber, a visiting professor in the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education program at UC Berkely. Previous to that he taught for many years at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he is a Professor Emeritus of English and American studies. Sperber has authored seven books, including Beer & Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education , which Sports Illustrated placed on its list of "100 Best Sports Books of All

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Murray Sperber, a visiting professor in the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education program at UC Berkely. Previo...

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Janice Willis, professor of religion at Wesleyan University and the author of several books on Tibetan Buddhism .

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Janice Willis, professor of religion at Wesleyan University and the author of several books on Tibetan Buddhism.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, authors of the classic text, "Metaphors We Live By," which changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, authors of the classic text, "Metaphors We Live By," which changed our...