This week: Is your #brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it? Josh and Ray question the Power of #Prediction with Andy Clark from the University of Sussex, author of "The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality" – this Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2023-04-28/the-power-of-prediction #philosophy #KALWRadio
#brain #prediction #philosophy #KALWRadio
TODAY: Is #citizenship the best recipe for non-discrimination? Josh and Ray cross borders with Arash Abizadeh from McGill University, author of "Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics" – 11 am on #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2023-01-27/citizenship-and-justice #philosophy #justice #KALWRadio
#citizenship #KALW #philosophy #justice #KALWRadio
This Sunday we'll be re-broadcasting a vintage episode in which John and Ken question the contemporary relevance of #Jesus' moral teachings. It was recorded live at College of the Sequoias in Visalia CA, not long after the state's voters passed Proposition 8 in 2008. We sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter at the time, Molly Samuel, to get two viewpoints on what Jesus would say about same-sex marriage.
More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/how-relevant-jesus.
#jesus #KALWRadio #philosophy #christmas #WWJD
This week: Could studying moral #philosophy make you more moral—or more of a jerk? Josh and Ray play nice with Eric Schwitzgebel from UC Riverside, author of "A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures" – Sunday at 11 am on #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-12-09/the-ethical-jerk.
#philosophy #KALW #KALWRadio #bayareapublicradio
This week: Could studying moral #philosophy make you more moral—or more of a jerk? Josh and Ray play nice with Eric Schwitzgebel from UC Riverside, author of "A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures" – Sunday at 11 am on #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-12-09/the-ethical-jerk.
#philosophy #KALW #KALWRadio #bayareapublicradio
This week: What is it like to see #conspiracies in everything? Ray and guest-host Blakey Vermeule conspire with Christopher French from the University of London, co-author of "Anomalistic Psychology" – Sunday at 11 am on #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-12-02/thinking-like-a-conspiracy-theorist #KALWRadio #BayAreaPublicRadio
#conspiracies #KALW #KALWRadio #bayareapublicradio
This week: What is it like to see #conspiracies in everything? Ray and guest-host Blakey Vermeule conspire with Christopher French from the University of London, co-author of "Anomalistic Psychology" – Sunday at 11 am on #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-12-02/thinking-like-a-conspiracy-theorist #KALWRadio #BayAreaPublicRadio
#conspiracies #KALW #KALWRadio #bayareapublicradio
This week: In an ideal society, would we even need #money? Josh and Ray go on a spending spree with Graham Hubbs from the University of Idaho, editor of "Pragmatism, Law, and Language" – Sunday at 11 am on #KALWRadio 91.7 FM in #SanFrancisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-11-04/why-money-matters #Philosophy
#money #KALWRadio #sanfrancisco #philosophy
This week: What ethical questions that arose from the covid-19 #pandemic are still with us? Josh and Ray put YOUR #covid conundrums and moral dilemmas to #Georgetown ethicist Karen Stohr – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in #SanFrancisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-11-18/covid-conundrums-and-moral-dilemmas.
#pandemic #COVID #Georgetown #sanfrancisco #KALWRadio #philosophy #ethics
TODAY: Josh returns to the guest chair as Ray and guest-host Blakey Vermeule ask about Marcel #Proust and Josh's new book, "The World According to Proust" – 11 am on #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-11-11/in-search-of-prousts-philosophy #KALWRadio #philosophy #InSearchofLostTime
#proust #KALW #KALWRadio #philosophy #InSearchofLostTime
This week: Can reading a novel change your life? Ray and guest-host Blakey Vermeule ask regular co-host Josh Landy how Marcel #Proust changed his, as explored in his new book, "The World According to Proust" – Sunday 11 am #KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2022-11-11/in-search-of-prousts-philosophy #KALWRadio