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):
➤ philosophical interviews with experts • Kant scholarship: mind, autonomy, anthropology, religion, emotions • Chomsky-focused philosophy of language, cognition, linguistics, evolution • philosophy of law: rule of law, natural law • food aesthetics, taste, recipes, eating science, local food ethics • climate crisis and comparative Eastern–Western thought • animal morality, evolution, human nature • open society, identity, social ontology • corporate sustainability and governance
This podcast features long-form philosophical conversations with academics and other specialists, using interviews to explore major questions in ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and language, aesthetics, and the history of philosophy. Across the episodes, the host often centers discussion on a particular thinker, research program, or recent book, and uses it as a springboard for broader debates about human nature, knowledge, and social life.
A prominent theme is how philosophical theory connects to contemporary institutions and public problems. Discussions examine liberalism and the “open society” in relation to identity, the nature of corporations and corporate governance through the lens of sustainability, and jurisprudential questions such as the rule of law, objectivity, legal morality, and natural law theory. The show also treats climate change as a philosophical issue, including comparative perspectives that draw on both Eastern and Western traditions.
Another recurring focus is language, cognition, and the Chomskyan tradition in linguistics and cognitive science. Conversations address topics such as mental representation, computation, language acquisition, evolution, semantics and meaning, rationalism versus empiricism, emotion and language, and the relationship between scientific methods and philosophical inquiry. Political and moral dimensions of Chomsky’s work—media, ideology, anarchism, and moral psychology—also appear.
The podcast additionally explores food as a serious philosophical subject, spanning the aesthetics of taste, multisensory perception and “gastrophysics,” disgust and moral psychology, recipes and ontology, local food movements, and questions about eating and the good life. Kantian philosophy forms another recurring strand, including interpretation of Kant’s project as well as his views on mind, autonomy, religion, anthropology, emotion, and applications to business 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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