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Nihilism and Meaning - Philosophy Talk

Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 1m

Historian, #philosopher, and activist Michel Foucault was born 99 years ago today. In 2018 Josh and Ken explored his life and thought with the late Gary Gutting from @notredame.bsky.social, author of several books on #Foucault as well as "Thinking the Impossible: French #Philosophy Since 1960."

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 1h

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The late UC Berkeley #philosopher Hubert Dreyfus was born on this date in 1929. In 2010, for an episode on #Nihilism and Meaning, he became the first person other than our senior producer Devon Strolovitch to bring the #philosophy of Bob Dylan into the conversation.

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 1h

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The ancients believed in an enchanted universe – a universe suffused with meaning and purpose. But with the dawn of modernity, philosophy and science conspired together to disenchant the universe, to ...

Nietzsche - Philosophy Talk

Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 1h

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Nietzsche. Ken and John and Übermensch-at-large Brian Leiter discuss everyone’s favorite syphilitic philosopher. Was he a mysogynistic Nazi-supporter, or an artistic visionary who sought to set us fre...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Roving Philosophical Report

Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 2h

Friedrich #Nietzsche was born on this date in 1844. For one of our earliest episodes back in 2004, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Amy Standen, to find out what A.J. Soprano discovers in Nietzsche's #philosophy: youtu.be/FPWQpPPm1Mg?... #PhilSky

Philosophy of Sleep - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 17h

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“Blessed are the sleepy ones,” writes Nietzsche, “for they shall soon drop off.” Sleep is an extraordinarily, albeit profoundly odd, phenomenon, yet we seem to accept prolonged nightly blackouts witho...

This Week: Making and Breaking Habits

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 1d

Historian and political theorist Hannah #Arendt was born on this date in 1906. In 2008 John and Ken explored her life & thought with Seyla Bengabib from Yale University, author of "The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt."

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with cognitive philosopher Shaun Gallagher from the @uofmemphis.bsky.social is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t... #PhilSky #philosophy #habits

Podcast Episode · Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes · 12/10/2025 · 52m

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 3d

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Nísia Floresta - Philosophy Talk

Nísia Floresta was a 19th-century writer and translator known as “the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft.” She published the first book on women’s rights in South America, when Brazil was gaining independe...

Nísia Floresta: Roving Philosophical Report

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 3d

Nísia Floresta, sometimes called "the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft," was born on this date in 1810. For our #WiseWomen episode last year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Mary-Catherine O’Connor, to find out why—and whether that label is accurate: youtu.be/jyE9He51Ck8?...

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To Habituate or Not to Habituate - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 3d

R.I.P. Diane Keaton

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 5d

We hope you'll make a habit of reading the latest blog at Philosophers Corner ahead of Sunday's broadcast: philosophytalk.org/blog/to-habi....

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Do habits prevent us from experiencing life to the full, or are they critical to...

Making and Breaking Habits - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 5d

Coming up: Bad habits imprison us—but can good habits liberate us? Josh & Ray ask Shaun Gallagher from the University of Memphis.

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 6d

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We often hear that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The idea seems to be that long-standing habits are too entrenched to change. But are habits always so rigid and inflexible? Why does it seem...

Making and Breaking Habits: Roving Philosophical Report

Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 7d

For our next episode, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to learn about breaking (bad) social media #habits with Wendy Wood from @uscedu.bsky.social, author of "Good Habits, Bad Habits," and Maddie Freeman, founder of No Social Media November: youtu.be/JyAUuEQYeB4

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Making and Breaking Habits - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 8d

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We often hear that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The idea seems to be that long-standing habits are too entrenched to change. But are habits always so rigid and inflexible? Why does it seem...

This Week: Elisabeth of Bohemia

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast about the 17th-century princess who challenged Descartes is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Podcast Episode · Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes · 10/05/2025 · 51m

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 10d

TODAY: Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Elisabeth of Bohemia with @lshape.bsky.social from McGill University.

Check out this primer on Elisabeth's life & times from our Roving Philosophical Reporter, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org.

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Judith Jarvis Thomson - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 11d

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Judith Jarvis Thomson is best known for arguing that abortion is morally permissible, even granting the fetus the status of person. Her colorful thought experiments illustrate that a right to life doe...

Judith Jarvis Thomson: Roving Philosophical Report

Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 11d

Judith Jarvis Thomson, whose followup to Philippa Foot's thought experiment spawned an industry jokingly known as Trolleyology, was born otd in 1929. For our #WiseWomen series earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, @skaskowitz.bsky.social, to investigate: youtu.be/ngl4vJNDOu8

Philippa Foot - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 12d

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Philippa Foot invented the thought experiment that famously became known as the Trolley Problem. Despite the vast industry of “trolleyology” it inspired, Foot’s goal to illuminate debates on abortion ...

Philippa Foot: Roving Philosophical Report

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 12d

Moral philosopher Philippa Foot was born on this date in 1920. For our #WiseWomen episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Mary-Catherine O'Connor, to learn more about what it was like to be one of the women in the so-called Oxford Quartet: youtu.be/aePK6JRh3go #PhilSky

Wise Women - Philosophy Talk

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 12d

Part of the "Wise Women" series, which was supported by a grant from the @nehgov.bsky.social. Listen to all the episodes in the series at philosophytalk.org/series/wisew... @altnehgov.altgov.info

Wise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The first season focuses on hi...