Challenges to Free Will
March 6, 2011
We seem to be able to decide our behavior for ourselves – what we do…
Liberty and Justice for Who?
October 11, 2026
Many democracies are founded on the ideals of 18th- and 19th-Century British Liberalism: the idea that human beings deserve the right to self-government because we are born free, equal, and capable of rationality. Yet Liberalism was used to justify colonialism, which deprived people around the…
Biracial Identities
February 20, 2011
Many people identify strongly with the ethnic or racial group to which they belong –…
The 2011 Dionysus Awards
February 13, 2011
It’s the third annual Philosophy Talk Dionysus Awards show! With the help of listeners and…
Too Much Information
February 6, 2011
“We’re just never going to catch up,” writes David Weinberger in Everything Is Miscellaneous. That…
Different Cultures, Different Selves
January 23, 2011
Why do we do what we do? To please others? To live up to what…
Derrida and Deconstruction
January 16, 2011
Jacques Derrida was one of the most influential and also one of the most polarizing…
Philosophy of History
December 26, 2010
Is history just a series of events, or an interpretation of those events? Is there…
Levels of Reality
November 14, 2010
Are there levels of reality, with each level emerging from the other in a way…
The Idea of the University
November 7, 2010
Is a university a research institute with students, or and educational institution with research around…
Bargaining with the Devil
October 24, 2010
Compromise is the condition of peace and progress. But there are times when we should…
Creativity
October 17, 2010
What makes an idea or work of art creative? Can creativity be measured? Can a…
Digital Selves
October 10, 2010
Second Life and dozens of other online adventures involve creating digital selves, and millions of…
Overcoming the Terror of Death
October 3, 2010
To many death is terrifying. But why? As David Hume pointed out, all the years…
Dualism
September 19, 2010
What is the relationship between the mind and the brain? Monists believe that there is…
Philosophy and the Alma Mater
September 19, 2010
Scholars from Berkeley and from Stanford have played a big role on Philosophy Talk. Sure,…
Meaning and the Revolution
September 12, 2010
The American Revolution was saturated with meaning and ambiguity, from the words of the Declaration…
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