Episode 125: James Koppel discusses counterfactual inference and automated explanation

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode transcript here. In this episode, James Koppel (MIT, James Koppel Coaching) joins me and Dominick Reo to talk about how we can write software to help identify the causes of disasters. Click here to download Episode 125 of Elucidations. These days, there’s often a tendency to think of software primarily as a venue for frivolous pleasures....

Transcript: Episode 123 with Graham Priest on Buddhist Metaphysics

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Thanks once again to Caroline Wall for this transcript! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman. Henry Curtis: And I’m Henry Curtis. Matt Teichman: With us today is Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne....

Back Episode Transcript: No. 30 with Marko Malink on modal syllogistic

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. David North does it again! Many thanks to him for typing this transcript up. 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 Marko Malink, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, and he’s here to talk to us about modal syllogistic....

Episode 124: Graham Priest discusses Buddhist political philosophy

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. In this episode, Graham Priest returns to discuss Buddhist political philosophy with me and Henry Curtis. (Last month, we talked with him about Buddhist metaphysics.) Click here to download Episode 124 of Elucidations. Last month, we discussed the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: that suffering happens, that this suffering is (partially) caused by emotional attachment, that you can deal with it by changing your headspace, and that you can change your headspace by understanding the world, understanding your mind and body, and treating other people well....

Transcript: Episode 122 with Frithjof Bergmann and David Helmbold on new work, new culture

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Caroline Wall does it again, folks! We are grateful for her efforts as transcriber. Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations, an unexpected philosophy podcast. I’m Matt Teichman. Yuezhen Li: I’m Yuezhen Li. Matt Teichman: With us today is Frithjof Bergmann, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Director of the Center for New Work, and David Helmbold, a retired public servant and close collaborator of Frithjof Bergmann’s....

Episode 123: Graham Priest discusses Buddhist metaphysics

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, Henry Curtis and I sit down with Graham Priest (CUNY Graduate Center) to get the straight dope on Buddhist metaphysics. Click here to download Episode 123 of Elucidations. Buddhism isn’t just a religion—it’s an entire family of philosophical traditions that took root all over the Asian continent for thousands of years....

Transcript: Episode 121 with Aaron Ben Ze'ev on the arc of love

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Thanks to Caroline Wall for another excellent transcription! Matt Teichman: Hello and welcome to Elucidations, an unexpected philosophy podcast. I’m Matt Teichman. Julia Liu: I’m Julia Liu. Matt Teichman: With us today is Aaron Ben Ze’ev, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa, and he’s here to discuss the arc of love....

Episode 122: Frithjof Bergmann and David Helmbold discuss new work, new culture

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, we sit down with Frithjof Bergmann (University of Michigan) and David Helmbold to talk about work that we really, really want. Not just kind of, but like, really really. Click here to download Episode 122 of Elucidations. Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work....

Back Episode Transcript: No. 78 with Stephen Engstrom on the categorical imperative

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Thanks once again to David North for all his work on this! Matt Teichman: Hello and welcome to Elucidations, a philosophy podcast recorded at the University of Chicago. I’m Matt Teichman. Francey Russell: And I’m Francey Russell. Matt Teichman: With us today is Stephen Engstrom, professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and he’s here to discuss the categorical imperative....

Listener Q&A Episode: Send Us Your Questions

Hi, everybody! We’ve decided to do a listener Q&A episode. Need philosophical advice? Stuck on a philosophical conundrum? Do you deeply agree with or object to anything we’ve said on the show? Is there a problem you’ve never heard any philosopher talk about that you’d like to hear us discuss? How does it work? You record a voice message. You email it us. Once we’ve racked up enough of them, Agnes Callard, Ben Callard, and I will take a whack at responding to some....