Description (podcaster-provided):
In this show we will try to explore deeply philosophical questions & the work of important philosophers. The aim is to have a philosophical dialogue with experts in their fields.
Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Kant scholarship • Chomsky on language, mind, cognition • philosophy of law and rule of law • philosophy/science/aesthetics of food and taste • ethics and society: climate crisis, animal morality, corporate sustainability, social ontology
This podcast features long-form philosophical conversations with scholars from philosophy and neighboring fields, aiming to examine foundational questions through dialogue with subject-matter experts. Across its episodes, it moves between close readings of major thinkers and applied issues where philosophical concepts meet contemporary life.
A major strand is sustained engagement with the work associated with Noam Chomsky, using linguistics and cognitive science as entry points into broader debates about mind and language. Discussions address themes such as how language is acquired and evolves, the status of mental representation and computation, the relation between semantics and meaning, and methodological tensions like rationalism versus empiricism. These inquiries often extend into moral and political questions connected to media, power, and human nature.
Another recurring focus is Immanuel Kant. Conversations explore Kant’s influence on analytic philosophy and philosophy of mind, as well as his views on autonomy, authority, anthropology, education, religion, emotions, and the human sciences. Kantian ethics also appears in connection with practical domains, including business and responsibility.
The podcast also hosts thematic series that apply philosophical analysis to specific areas. Food is treated as a serious object of inquiry, spanning the aesthetics of taste, multisensory perception and the psychology of eating, the ontology of recipes, ethical questions about how to eat, and social dimensions such as local food movements. Environmental philosophy and climate change appear through comparative and cross-cultural perspectives, including Eastern–Western frameworks. Social and political philosophy surfaces in work on open society, identity, social ontology, and collective ethics, alongside legal and jurisprudential topics such as the rule of law and natural law theory, and corporate governance examined through sustainability and ethics.
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Episodes:
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The Open Society in the Age of Identity - Frank Hindriks
2025-Dec-09
86 minutes
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Re-Conceptualizing the Corporation: A New Approach
2025-Mar-05
106 minutes
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The Climate Crisis, Eastern-Western Philosophies, and The "China Question" | Graham Parkes | EP. 1
2022-Jul-20
99 minutes
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Moral Behavior in Animals, Evolution, & Human Nature | Frans de Waal | EP. 1 MMM
2022-Jan-03
95 minutes
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Taste as Experience: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Food | Nicola Perullo | EP. 8 Food Series
2021-Dec-12
99 minutes
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Local Food Movements: An Evaluation | Ian Werkheiser | EP. 7 Food Series
2021-Nov-27
114 minutes
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Thinking Through Food: A Philosophical Introduction | Alexandra Plakias | EP. 6 Food Series
2021-Oct-20
76 minutes
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A Philosophy of Recipes | Food Ontology | Andrea Borghini | EP. 5 Food Series
2021-Sep-27
112 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #15: Language and Emotion: Perfect Imperfections? (with Norbert Corver)
2021-Sep-21
95 minutes
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Food & The Good Life | Nietzsche & Interpretation | Robert T. Valgenti | EP. 4 Food Series
2021-Sep-01
129 minutes
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Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating | Charles Spence | EP 3. Food Series
2021-Aug-29
148 minutes
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The Hierarchy of the Senses | Philosophy of Taste | Carolyn Korsmeyer | EP. 2 Food Series
2021-Jul-31
91 minutes
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On Food and Being Human | How Are We to Eat? | Lisa Heldke | EP. 1 Food Series
2021-Jul-18
79 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #14: Nim Chimpsky & Human Language Acquisition (with Laura-Ann Petitto)
2021-Jul-01
113 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #13: Intentionality, Ontology, & The Galilean Method (with Georges Rey)
2021-Jun-02
109 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #12: What Kind of Creatures Are We? (with Carol Rovane & Akeel Bilgrami)
2021-Apr-24
64 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #11: Language and Evolution (with Robert C. Berwick)
2021-Apr-18
92 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #10: Chomsky, France, & Human Nature (with Jean Bricmont)
2021-Mar-30
69 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #9: Philosophy of Generative Linguistics (with Peter Ludlow)
2021-Mar-07
113 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #8: Manufacturing Consent (with Anthony DiMaggio)
2021-Feb-17
85 minutes
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Kant on the Human Sciences, Biology, & Emotions (with Alix Cohen) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #9
2020-Nov-24
52 minutes
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Kant and the Philosophy of Mind (with Anil Gomes) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #8
2020-Oct-11
61 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #7: Semantics, Meaning, & Innate Ideas (with Paul Pietroski)
2020-Sep-15
58 minutes
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Noam Chomsky: Science, Philosophy, Morality, & Anarchism (INTERVIEW)
2020-Aug-27
63 minutes
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Introduction to Natural Law Theory (with Brian Bix) | Philosophy of Law #4
2020-Aug-20
48 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #6: Rationalism vs. Empiricism (with Norbert Hornstein)
2020-Aug-13
95 minutes
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Lon Fuller & The Morality of Law (with Colleen Murphy) | Philosophy of Law #3
2020-Aug-04
79 minutes
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Kant and the Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (with Robert Hanna) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #7
2020-Jul-27
118 minutes
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Objectivity and the Rule of Law (with Matthew H. Kramer) | Philosophy of Law #2
2020-Jul-18
59 minutes
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Philosophy of Law (with Andrei Marmor) | Philosophy of Law #1
2020-Jul-12
77 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #5: Science, Common Sense, & Constructivism (with James McGilvray)
2020-Jul-08
97 minutes
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Kant on Religion & Rational Faith (with Lawrence Pasternack) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #6
2020-Jul-04
88 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #4: The Neuroscience of Language (with David Poeppel)
2020-Jul-01
82 minutes
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Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective (with Norman Bowie) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #5
2020-Jul-01
45 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #3: Moral Cognition & Moral Competence (with John Mikhail)
2020-Jun-30
70 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #2: Naturalism, Mental Representation, & Computation (with Frances Egan)
2020-Jun-30
58 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #1: Philosophy, Science, Language, & Cognition (with John Collins)
2020-Jun-30
131 minutes
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Kant on Reason, Authority, & Autonomy (with Onora O'Neill) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #4
2020-Jun-30
45 minutes
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Kant on Anthropology, Human Nature, & Education (with Robert Louden) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #3
2020-Jun-30
60 minutes
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Robert Hanna: Kant's 'Sensibility First' approach & Affect of Reason (#2) | Philosophy Podcast
2020-Jun-30
55 minutes
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Robert Hanna: Interpreting Immanuel Kant & The Three Faces of Kant (#1) | Philosophy Podcast
2020-Apr-19
50 minutes
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