Robinson's Podcast
Episodes
77 - Stephen Yablo: Non-Existence Claims, Jokes, and Defining Philosophy
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Yablo is David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy at MIT. Before MIT, he taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Steve works in metap...
76 - Nora Boyd, Siska de Baerdemaeker, & Vera Matarese: The Philosophy of Astrophysics
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robinson’s Podcast #76 - Nora Boyd, Siska de Baerdemaeker, & Vera Matarese: The Philosophy of Astrophysics Nora Boyd is Assistant Professor of ...
75 - Jody Azzouni: Formal Languages, Proof, and the Foundations of Mathematics
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jody Azzouni is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. While Jody is best known for his nominalist stance in the philosophy of mathematics, he i...
74 - Stephen Darwall: Violence, Second-Personal Ethics, Philosophy of the Heart
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Darwall is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the U...
73 - Craig Callender: Pseudoscience, Conspiracy Theories, and Philosophy
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Callender is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego. Craig works across the philosophy of...
72 - Eric Trexler: Philosophy and Methodology in Sports Science
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Trexler received his PhD in Human Movement Science from the medical school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is a professional...
71 - Peter Adamson: Plotinus, Porphyry, and Neoplatonism
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Adamson is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Professor of Ancient and Medieval P...
70 - Elisabeth Camp: Emily Dickinson, Figurative Language, and Representation
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elisabeth Camp is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of language, mind, and aesthetics. As she puts it, her researc...
69 - Frank Jackson: Conceptual Analysis, Physicalism, and Mary’s Room
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Jackson is Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. He is best known for the knowledge argument and Mary’s Room—its accompa...
68 - Simon Blackburn: Moral Realism, Antirealism, and Quasirealism
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Blackburn was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University o...
67 - David Albert & Tim Maudlin: The Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Theory
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, where he directs the Philosophical Foundations of Physics ...
66 - Noam Chomsky: History and Philosophy of Linguistics
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. He not only counts as amo...
65 - Tania Lombrozo: Explanation and Human Psychology
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tania Lombrozo is Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Psychology at Princeton University, where she directs the Concepts & Cognition Lab. Before th...
64 - Sarah Moss: Probabilistic Knowledge
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Moss is the William Wilhartz Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law by courtesy at the University of Michigan. She works primarily in epis...
63 - Thomas Ryckman & Mark Wilson: The State of Analytic Philosophy
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Ryckman is Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he works on the philosophy of physics. Mark Wilson is Distinguished Professor ...
62 - David Papineau: Realism, Antirealism, and The Philosophy of Science
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Papineau is Professor of Philosophy of Science at King’s College London. He also teaches at the City University of New York Graduate Center, a...
61 - Keith Frankish: Illusionism and The Philosophy of Mind
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Frankish is an Honorary Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Sheffield, a Visiting Research Fellow with the Open Universi...
60 - Joel David Hamkins & Graham Priest: The Liar Paradox & The Set-Theoretic Multiverse
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joel David Hamkins is the O’Hara Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, where he recently moved from the Universit...
59 - Tamar Schapiro: Inclination, Will, and The Animal Self
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tamar Schapiro is Professor of Philosophy at MIT. Her work centers on value theory, the history of ethics, and how this relates to human agency and re...
58 - Huw Price: Philosophy of Time, Boltzmann Brains, and Retrocausality
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Huw Price is the former Bertrand Russell Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and was before that Challis Professor ...
57 - Richard Kimberly Heck: Reference, Names, and the Philosophy of Language
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kimberly Heck has been a professor of philosophy at Brown University since 2005, at which time they left their post at Harvard, where they had...
56 - Kevin Heng: Exoplanetary Atmospheres and The Philosophy of Astrophysics
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Heng is Chair Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics of Extrasolar Planets at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Before that, he was the...
55 - Alison Fernandes: Time Travel and Causation
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Fernandes is a professor of philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to that, she did her graduate work at Columbia University, where she st...
54 - Luvell Anderson: Slurs, Hate Speech, and The Philosophy of Humor
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Luvell Anderson is a professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, where he’s also an affiliate faculty member of Women’s and Gender Studies and...
53 - Christina Van Dyke: Medieval Bestiaries & The Philosophy of Food and Eating
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Van Dyke is an emerita professor of philosophy at Calvin College and a visiting professor of philosophy at Barnard College, where she specia...
52 - Gabriel Greenberg: Semiotics, Representation, and Cognitive Science & Film
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Greenberg is a professor of philosophy at the University of California Los Angeles, and currently a visiting professor at Stanford University....
51 - Scott Shapiro: Hackers, Cybersecurity, and Legal Philosophy
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School, where he is also the founding director of t...
50 - Jonathan Schaffer: Monism, Grounding, and The Fundamental Level of Reality
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Schaffer is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is an acclaimed metaphysician with a unique m...
49 - Stephen Darwall: The History of Modern Ethics
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Darwall is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the U...
48 - Patricia Churchland: Neurophilosophy, Free Will, & Consciousness
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Churchland is UC President’s Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego. She is among the most well-known a...
47: Achille Varzi: Metaphysics, Ontology, & Nominalism
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Achille Varzi is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and Bruno Kessler Honorary Professor at the University of Trento. He is...
46 - Tim Maudlin: Laws of Nature, Absolute Space, & Free Will
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. Before that, he did his undergraduate work in philosophy and physics at Yale and received his PHD from ...
45 - Jody Azzouni: Nominalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jody Azzouni is a professor of philosophy at Tufts University. While Jody is best known for his nominalist stance in the philosophy of mathematics, he...
44 - Sophie Grace Chappell: Epiphanies, Ethics, and the Philosophy of Literature
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at the Open University in the UK. Before that she taught at the University of Dundee and Oxford. Soph...
43 - Eric Schwitzgebel: The Philosophical Weirdness of the World
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Schwitzgebel is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Riverside. Before that, he did his undergraduate work at Stanford, and ...
42 - Joel David Hamkins: Paradox, Infinity, & The Foundations of Mathematics
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joel David Hamkins is the O’Hara Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, where he recently moved from the Universit...
41 - Richard Kimberly Heck: Philosophy of Sex, Pornography, and Gender
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kimberly Heck has been a professor of philosophy at Brown University since 2005, at which time they left their post at Harvard, where they had...
40 - L.A. Paul: Cognitive Science, Metaphysics, & Transformative Experience
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
L.A. Paul is the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. After doing her graduate work on caus...
39 - Peter Adamson: Islamic Philosophy, Mysticism, Dead Languages, & Eternity
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Adamson is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Professor of Ancient and Medieval P...
38 - Graham Priest: The Metaphysics of Nothingness
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Priest is a Distinguished Professor in the philosophy department at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is one of the most influential living philosop...
37 - Paul B Woodruff: Philosophy and War
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul B Woodruff is a professor in the philosophy department at the University of Texas at Austin. Over the course of his extensive career he’s publi...
36 - Justin Clarke-Doane: What is Mathematics?
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Clarke-Doane is a professor of philosophy at Columbia University, where he works on the philosophy of mathematics, physics, and metaethics. Aft...
35 - Barry Lam: Philosophical Zombies, Resurrecting Cannibals, & Dating Vampires
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Lam is the host of Hi-Phi Nation, which is a much better podcast than this one, and which is devoted to exploring pressing philosophical questio...
34 - C Thi Nguyen: Agency, Aesthetics, & The Philosophy of Games
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
C Thi Nguyen is a professor in the philosophy department at the University of Utah. Before that, he did his graduate work at UCLA, where he was also a...
33 - Quayshawn Spencer: The Biology of Race, Natural Kinds, & Craniometry
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Quayshawn Spencer is the Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Before taking up his post i...
32 - Ray Briggs: Transfeminism, Philosophy of Sex, & Queer Science Fiction
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Briggs is a professor in the philosophy department at Stanford University. They did their doctoral work at MIT, and have since been working primar...
31 - Haim Gaifman: Richard’s Paradox, Infinity, & Set Theory
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haim Gaifman is a professor of philosophy at Columbia university in New York City. He is also a mathematician and probability theorist. In this episod...
30 - David Albert: Foundations of Physics, Time’s Arrow, & Moral Expressivism
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and one of the world’s most respected philosophers of phy...
29 - Christopher Bobonich: Etymology, Classics, & Ancient Ethics
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Bobonich is the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. After studying government at Harvard, he went on to ...
28 - Nick C: Mystical Religious Experience & Moral Facts and Animal Suffering
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick is a software engineer at a biotech company. He studied politics, philosophy, and economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He and Robinson ta...
27 - Ronnie (Robinson's Dad): The Elgin Marbles
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ronnie is Robinson’s father. They talk about the Elgin Marbles and also a little bit about ice cream and donuts. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok:...
26 - Ezekiel Quittner-Strom: Perfect MCAT Scores & a Trader Joe’s Frozen Feast
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ezekiel Quittner-Strom is a physician doing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. In this episode Robinson and Ezekiel eat a t...
25 - Ethan Hoppe: Medieval Music, Devil’s Interval, & Memorizing Game of Thrones
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Hoppe is a violinist and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force. He studied violin at Northwestern and Yale before the pandemic chang...
24 - Caroline Hudson: Collagen Stimulation, Facial Plastic Surgery, Baked Goods
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Hudson is a facial plastic surgeon completing her fellowship in Palo Alto, California. She and Robinson discuss why an ENT (ear, nose, and th...
23 - David Albert & Justin Clarke-Doane: Absolute Space & Physicalism vs. Ethics
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Albert and Justin Clarke-Doane are both professors of philosophy at Columbia University. While David is one of the world’s most respected phil...
22 - Graham Winn-Lee: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasies, Zombies, & Dragons
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Winn-Lee is Robinson’s best friend. Though that is how he likes to introduce himself, Graham is also an artist, graphic designer, and crochet...
21 - Haim Gaifman: What is Philosophy? What is Mathematics?
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haim Gaifman is a philosopher and mathematician. He teaches at Columbia University in New York City. In this episode Haim answers two questions of Rob...
20 - Philip Guison: Ice Cream Novelties
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philip studied neuroscience at the University of Michigan and is one of Robinson’s oldest friends. In this episode, Robinson forced Philip to eat ic...
19 - Nick Huggett: Paradoxes of Motion, Quantum Gravity, & String Theory
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Huggett is a philosopher of physics and science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before that, he studied physics and philosophy at Oxfor...
18 - Demitrios Haldes: Ice Cream
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Contrary to popular belief, Demitrios Haldes (@infinitemonkeybusiness) is neither the last scion of Herakles nor the superintendent of a crayon factor...
17 - Richard Kimberly Heck: Monstrous Female Sexuality, Porn Villains, Anal Sex, & the Ethics of Fantasies
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kimberly Heck has been a professor of philosophy at Brown University since 2005, at which time they left their post at Harvard, where they had...
16 - Ezekiel Quittner-Strom: Instant Noodles & Internal Medicine
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ezekiel Quittner-Strom is a physician doing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. In this episode Robinson and Ezekiel eat ins...
15 - Caroline Hudson: Snack Cakes, Facelifts, Botox, & Wrinkle Prevention
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Hudson is a facial plastic surgeon completing her fellowship in Palo Alto, California. She and Robinson discuss *almost* all things facial, r...
14 - Michael Harris: Number Theory, Creativity in Mathematics, & Beauty
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Harris is a mathematician at Columbia University, where he primarily works on number theory. He did his undergraduate studies at Princeton and...
13 - Ethan Hoppe: Violin, Classical Music, & Stage Fright
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Hoppe is a violinist and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force. He studied violin at Northwestern and Yale before the pandemic chang...
12 - Philip Guison: Chicago Bakeries & Baked Goods
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philip studied neuroscience at the University of Michigan and is one of Robinson’s oldest friends. One time in high school he gave a presentation fo...
11 - Haim Gaifman: Alice in Wonderland & Paradoxes
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haim Gaifman is a philosopher and mathematician. He teaches at Columbia University in New York City. Haim and Robinson talk about Alice in Wonderland,...
10 - Demitrios Haldes: Cookies
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Contrary to popular belief, Demitrios Haldes (@infinitemonkeybusiness) is neither a male supermodel nor a basketball player in the Moldovian professio...
9 - Patrick Davis: Steroids, PEDs, & Bodybuilding
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Davis (@theillestpd) is a stupidly yoked unit of a bodybuilder training and coaching out of Austin, Texas. Among other things, he and Robinson...
8 - Ezekiel Quittner-Strom: Sushi
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ezekiel Quittner-Strom is a physician doing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. He and Robinson talk about sushi and almost ...
7 - Justin Clarke-Doane: Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaethics, & Ice Cream
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Clarke-Doane is a professor of philosophy at Columbia University, where he works on the philosophy of mathematics, physics, and metaethics. He ...
6 - Uncle Perry: Ice Cream
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Uncle Perry is Robinson’s uncle. They eat ice cream and talk about it while they eat it. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt
5 - Richard Kimberly Heck: Philosophy of Pornography, Aesthetics, & Feminism
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kimberly Heck has been a professor of philosophy at Brown University since 2005, at which time they left their post at Harvard, where they had...
4 - Abigail Biddle: Bodybuilding, Boulder Shoulders, & Air Fryer Hacks
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abigail Biddle is a bodybuilder and law student at Duke University. She and Robinson talk about the trials and tribulations of dieting, weightlifting ...
3 - Ronnie (Robinson's Dad): Collecting & Ketchup
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ronnie is Robinson’s father. They talk about ketchup and how collecting creates order in a chaotic life. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt
2 - Ethan Hoppe: Air Force Boot Camp & the Violin
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Hoppe is a violinist and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force. He studied violin at Northwestern and Yale before the pandemic chang...
1 - Haim Gaifman: Vagueness & the Sorites Paradox
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haim Gaifman is a philosopher and mathematician. He teaches at Columbia University in New York City. Robinson and Haim talk about vagueness, a branch ...