Latest Episodes
Natural Kinds (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
What are “natural kinds”? ... What the former planet Pluto can teach us about natural kinds ... Massimo’s changing views on theoretical entities ......
The Ethics of Boycotts (David Ottlinger & Carson Young)
Our era of boycotts, from Jimmy Johns to Uber to Nike ... The ethics and political philosophy of boycotts ... "Society is not a...
Activism and Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)
The fight, and meta-fight, in philosophy over trans issues ... David's essay on philosophy and activism ... The admonition to "go read the literature"...
Postmodernism in Life and Literature (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)
A brief history of 20th-century literary criticism ... John's battles against radical feminists as a grad student at SUNY Albany ... Post-structuralism and "how...
Western Philosophy as White Supremacism (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
Crispin's recent essay, "Western Philosophy as White Supremacism" ... Dan accuses Crispin of ahistorical revisionism ... Descartes as a product of his age ......
The Great Disintegration (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Burkeman)
Journalism, from information scarcity to attention scarcity ... Is it harder to find “good” information these days? ... Oliver: Reliance on social media creates...