Philosophy Now
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Mental Universe Debate
29 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now (and author of The Metarevolution) is joined by members of London philosophy groups Philosophy For All and the Philo...
The Linguistic Wizardry of Ludwig Wittgenstein
22 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ludwig Wittgenstein worked out how language has meaning, twice. He also thought that some of the most important things we can know we can’t express ...
Philosophy, Lies and Politics
15 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Might Nietzsche be right, claiming that lying is “a condition of life?” – Or Kant, arguing that lying means annihilating human dignity? Is it ev...
Beyond Right and Wrong
08 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What is meta-ethics? How does meta-ethics differ from ethics, and what does it tell us about ethics? Why is it important for how we should live our li...
The Hidden World of Immanuel Kant
01 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and guests John Callanan from King’s College, London, and Andrew Ward from the University of York to talk abo...
How Come Consciousness?
25 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and guests Philip Goff from the University of Liverpool and Tom McClelland from the University of Manchester as...
Buddhist Philosophy
18 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What has Buddhism to offer the 21st Century? Join Anja Steinbauer and her guests, Martin Muchall and Rick Lewis, for a critical discussion of ideas in...
Impressions of David Hume
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Isaiah Berlin said of David Hume, “No man has influenced the history of philosophy to a deeper or more disturbing degree.” Join Grant Bartley from...
In Defence of Wonder
31 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Look inside the mind of a famous thinker: Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and writer Daryn Green talk to author and Philosophy Now columnist Raymond...
Philosophy and Literature
27 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Both philosophy and literature represent the world and reflect on it. They are clearly different, yet converge, overlap and relate to one another in v...
Free Will and the Brain
20 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Given what we now know about the mind’s connection with brain activity, and that brain activity, being normal physical activity, apparently must be ...
Philosophy in Education
13 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Should schools teach philosophy? When literacy and numeracy levels have not improved in 55 years, shouldn’t teachers be concentrating on improving t...
The Limits of Science
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
What is the scientific method? What’s special about it? What are the limits of its application? How does science compare with other ways of knowing ...
Representing Arthur Schopenhauer
02 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
He’s known as the philosopher of pessimism, and he has a remarkably cheerless view of the nature of reality, but he’s also a poetic writer who adv...
The Tragedy of Life
21 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How should we deal with the tragic side of life? And how have the philosophers responded to the tragic fragility of life and happiness, especially in...
Transhumanism and Posthumanism
14 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
What is the future of humanity? What limits should we impose on our biotechnological and other scientific developments – what will happen when we do...
Medical Ethics: Being Healthy and Doing Good
07 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Anja Steinbauer, President of Philosophy For All, is joined by ethical philosophers Piers Benn, Carwyn Hooper and Elselijn Kingma to discuss our respo...
Socrates: Man and Myth
31 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses Socrates, his ideas and role in Western philosophy, with M.M. McCabe from King’s College London, and Ti...
The Ideas of G.W.F. Hegel
24 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses questions about the nature of historical change, the purpose of human life and more from a Hegelian perspe...
The Philosophy of Human Rights
18 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the philosophical foundations, implications and limits of human rights with Saladin Meckled-Garcia, the Di...
Moral Psychology
10 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Constantine Sandis from Oxford Brookes University, Alex Gregory from Reading University, and Michael Lacewi...
What is Philosophy?
13 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Anja Steinbauer, founder of Philosophy For All, Rick Lewis, founder of Philosophy Now magazine, and Peter W...
Minds, Science and Metaphysics
06 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, about the philosophy of scienc...
Existential Psychotherapy
29 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now interviews Gill Davies, practicing existential psychotherapist, and Brian O’Gorman, Associate Lecturer at the Open...
Love
23 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses love and questions at the heart of our emotional lives with Simon May, author of the recent Love: A Histor...
Global Capitalism - Good or Bad?
16 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the benefits and costs of globalisation and global capitalism with Neil Kellard, Chair of Finance at the U...
The Thoughts of Friedrich Nietzsche
08 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the influence and ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, the infamous German anti-Christian philosopher, with Ken G...
Feminist Philosophy
01 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Anja Steinbauer, President of Philosophy For All, thrashes out the meanings, contributions and tribulations of feminist philosophy with her guests, fe...
Primary School Philosophy
27 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now introduces Peter Worley from The Philosophy Foundation who conducts a live philosophy lesson with a group of 8-to-10...
In the Realm of the Senses
18 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now visits the realm of the senses with guests Barry Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Norman Bacrac, an e...
Civilization and Its Discontents
12 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now asks David Bell, President of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Edward Harcourt, Lecturer in Philosophy, Keble C...
The School of Ethics
04 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now introduces philosophy teacher John Holroyd, who chairs a debate among his students from St Dunstan’s College on th...
The History of Philosophy in Less Than an Hour
27 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Nigel Warburton, author of A Little History of Philosophy, and Jane O’Grady, who teaches History of Philo...
Who Is This God Person Anyway?
20 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now asks “Who is this God person anyway?” with Barry Hingston promoting Christianity, Hamza Tzortzis promoting Islam...
Feminist Film Theory
13 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now finds out what feminist film theory is from Terri Murray, author of Feminist Film Studies: A Teacher’s Guide, and ...
The Art of Living Philosophically
06 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks about the Art of Living series of books with series editor Mark Vernon, who has also written Wellbeing. Grant ...
Aping Philosophy
12 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Raymond Tallis about why the mind is not the brain and human beings are not merely animals, and other ideas...
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
21 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Manjit Kumar, author of Quantum, about quantum mechanics. First broadcast on 21 June 2011 on Resonance FM.
Teaching Philosophy to Children
19 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Peter Worley, who runs The Philosophy Shop, and John Holroyd, an A-level philosophy teacher, about teachin...
Wittgenstein’s Art Class
13 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Nick Blackburn, director of Wittgenstein (The Crooked Roads), Alex Gath and Mark Roberts about what art is....
How to Think Like an Agnostic Bat
17 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now talks to Peter Cave, author of How To Think Like A Bat (And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses Of Philosophy), and Mar...