Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, Long Dang and I sit down to talk to Jessica Tizzard (University of Connecticut, Storrs) about weakness of the will. Click here to download Episode 130 of Elucidations. You’re at a party hosted by a close friend. It’s been three hours since you got there, and the evening thus far has been chock full of scintillating conversation, a fun round of Charades followed by Assassins, first rate cocktails, and a dessert to die for. You’ve just now been invited to play one of your favorite games, which usually takes about 90 minutes to complete—when out of nowhere, the onset of a yawn yanks you back into reality. Suddenly, you remember you’d promised yourself that you weren’t going to stay out late, because you’ve got to get up early tomorrow for an important meeting. You realize that now is the time to go home and get a good night’s sleep. And yet, the allure of the game pulls you in. Against your better judgment, you play the game deep into the night, future consequences be damned. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Many thanks to Maria Araújo for this transcription! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Greg Kobele, Professor of Computational/Experimental Approaches to Grammar, at the Institute for Linguistics at the University of Leipzig. And he’s here to discuss mathematical linguistics. Greg Kobele, welcome. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Please join me in welcoming our new transcriptionist, Maria Araújo! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman. Ben Andrews: And I am Ben Andrew. Matt Teichman: Nethanel Lipshitz is Law and Philosophy Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School.1 And he’s here to discuss discrimination. Nethanel Lipshitz, welcome. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. I’d like to give a warm welcome and thanks to Johanna Wiedenkeller, our new transcriptionist! Matt Teichman: Hello and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Tommy Curry, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, 1 and he’s here to discuss black male studies. Tommy Curry, welcome. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, Ben Andrew and I are joined by Nethanel Lipshitz (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University) to talk about discrimination. Click here to download Episode 129 of Elucidations. If someone treats me unequally—that is, if they give other people a relative advantage but not me—am I the victim of discrimination? Our guest says yes. That is enough for me to count as having been discriminated against, and that is enough for it to be morally wrong. We don’t have to look at why the person decided to treat me unequally, or what social demographic I belong to, or any of that kind of stuff. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Thanks to Caroline Wall for the transcription! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Melissa Fusco, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. And she is here to discuss free choice permission. Melissa Fusco, welcome. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Many thanks to David North for this transcription. Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations, a philosophy podcast recorded at the University of Chicago. I’m Matt Teichman. Jaime Edwards: And I’m Jaime Edwards. Matt Teichman: With us today is Patricia Blanchette, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She is here to speak with us about the logicism of Gottlob Frege. Patricia Blanchette, welcome. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. In this episode, Melissa Fusco (Columbia University) and I discuss a difficult problem in philosophical logic called the puzzle of free choice permission. Click here to download Episode 128 of Elucidations. One of the foundational ideas behind philosophical logic is that when you say something, that has further implications beyond the single thing you said. Like, if I think ’every single frog is green’ and ‘Fran is a frog’, then I am committed to thinking that Fran is green. I don’t have to have actually thought to myself or said out loud that Fran is green—I’m just required to believe that Fran is green, given that I thought the first two things, and if I fail to believe that, I’ve made some kind of mistake. Like I haven’t thought through all the consequences of my beliefs. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Transcription by David North—thank you, David! Matt Teichman: Hello and welcome to Elucidations, a philosophy podcast recorded at University of Chicago. I’m Matt Teichman. Lawrence Dallman: I’m Lawrence Dallman. Matt Teichman: With us today is Brian Leiter, Karl N. Lwelleyn Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence, and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values at the University of Chicago. He’s here to discuss why we should think about Marx. Brian Leiter, welcome back to Elucidations. ...

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Thanks to Caroline Wall for another excellent transcription! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations, a philosophy podcast recorded at the University of Chicago. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Kristie Dotson, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. And she’s here to discuss epistemic oppression. Kristie Dotson, welcome. ...