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- Why I am not a Wittgensteinian
posted by Ken Taylor Today's episode is about Wittgenstein. Our guest will be Juliet Floyd. Many regard Wittgenstein as perhaps the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. I don't share that view. But there's no denying that, for a man... - Democracy and the Judiciary
posted by Ken Taylor Today's episode is about the Judiciary and Democracy. Our guest will be Larry Kramer, Dean of the Stanford Law School. We're really looking forward to having Larry as our guest. Larry has been an agent of... - Truth and Bullshit
Truth and Bullshitby John Perry On today's show (i.e., Sunday January 28, 2007) Ken and I will interview Harry Frankfurt, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Frankfurt has been around a long time, even longer than me, I think. He has... - Legal Ethics
Are Lawyers all that bad?by John Perry Our blurb for this show says,Lawyers are often thought to be hardly better than hired guns, who, in the words of Plato, are paid to make the weaker argument the stronger -- like... - American Pragmatism
[Tom Burke, a Stanford Ph.D. and author of Dewey's New Logic, is associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina (http://people.cas.sc.edu/burket/). I invited him to guest blog on the topic of pragmatism, which he didn't think we quite... - Children as a Philosophical Problem
Are Children a Philosophical Problem?John Perry Tomorrow (Sunday November 19, 2006) Ken and I will discuss children with Tamar Schapiro. Children certainly pose a lot of problems ---- but are they philosophical? Coincidentally I gave a few lectures on John... - Separation of Powers and the Charismatic Presidency
posted by Ken Taylor Later this morning, our episode "Power out of Balance? Exploring the Separation of Powers" will air. This epsiode was recorded back in July on Capitol Hill in a tiny little room in the basement of the... - Clayton's Afterthoughts
posted by Phil Clayton Dear Ken, Thanks for your post this morning about reasons for (and against) belief in God. And thanks to you and John for having me on the show this morning. A few very brief responses to... - How Can Smart People Still Believe in God?
posted by Ken Taylor Today's show will be about the question whether it's still possible for smart, reflective people, fully cognizant with 21st century science, fully aware of the horrors of modernity, to believe in god. Clearly the answer is... - Music, Meaning, and Emotion
posted by Ken Taylor Today's episode is about the philosophy of music. Our guest will be Peter Kivy, a leading philosopher of music and a former colleague of mine from Rutgers University. I fancy myself a pretty accomplished philosopher. I've...
