Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.
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Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. https://linktr.ee/robinsonerhardt Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support
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HPC 011. Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Early Confucianism
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In this interview, we learn how Kongzi become the pivotal sage of early Chinese history, and what new discoveries teach us about the Confucian tradition.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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217 - Leonard Susskind: String Theory, Fine-Tuning, and the Physics of the Multiverse
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Leonard Susskind is Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Among other accomplishments, he is among the fathers of such revolutionary concepts in physics as string theory, black hole complementarity, the holographic principle, and the string-theoretic landscape. It is this last concept that Robinson…
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216 - Raphael Bousso: The Black Hole Paradox, Quantum Gravity, and the Holographic Principle
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Raphael Bousso is the Chancellor’s Chair in Physics at the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, where he leads the Bousso Group in research on quantum gravity and quantum information. He is a renowned string theorist famous also for his development of the string theoretic landscape and the Bousso bound in hologra…
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HPC 10. We’re a Pack Animal: Individual and Society in Confucianism
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What does the Analects say about living as a human being? How are individuals embedded in society, and how do they develop their unique identities?By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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215 - Anna Lembke: On Philosophy and Psychiatry
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 This is the inaugural AMA for Robinson’s Podcast. It is supported by the members of the podcast’s Patreon. In this installment, Robinson answers questions about the reality of mathematics, podcasting, moral facts, ice cream, the nature of time, literary books for neophytes, and more. Denying Infinity: https://doi.org…
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214 - Joyce Carol Oates: On Philosophy and Literature
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HPC 09. Family Values: Confucian Role Ethics
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Confucianism puts relationships with family members at the core of their ethical thinking. Is this a strength or a weakness?By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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213 - Slavoj Žižek: God, Marxism, Philosophy, and Quantum Mechanics
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212 - Deborah Gordon: Ants, Myrmecology, and Collective Behavior
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Deborah Gordon is Professor of Biology at Stanford University. She is a myrmecologist—an entomologist who studies ants—focusing on how complex behavior emerges from ant colonies, which have no central control. In this episode, Deborah and Robinson discuss some of the distinctive features of ants, how pheromones help …
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HPC 08. Confucius Says: Reading the Analects
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Lessons we can take from the teachings of Kongzi (Confucius) in the Analects: challenging authorities, adhering to “benevolence (ren),” and practicing “propriety (li)” in ritual and everyday life.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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211 - Jay Chandrasekhar: Comedy, Creative Integrity, Super Troopers, & Jackass
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Jay Chandrasekhar is a director, writer, stand-up comic, and actor. Some of his works include directing Super Troopers, Beerfest, and Dukes of Hazzard. He has also directed episodes of Arrested Development, Community, and New Girl. Jay also wrote Mustache Shenanigans (2017) and co-hosts the podcast Mustache Tales. In…
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210 - David Albert & Tim Maudlin: A Discussion of Niels Bohr, Measurement, & Quantum Mechanics
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, director of the Philosophical Foundations of Physics program at Columbia, and a faculty member of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director o…
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HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects
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An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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209 - Peter Singer: Controversial Ideas, Utilitarianism, and Animal Liberation
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208 - Victor Davis Hanson: Annihilation, Genocide, and World War III
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HPC 06. Franklin Perkins on Excavated Texts
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In this interview, we learn how newly discovered texts are changing our understanding of Warring States period philosophy.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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207 - Sean Carroll: Quanta, Fields, and the Philosophy of Quantum Physics
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206 - Slavoj Žižek & Lee Smolin: Marxism Meets Quantum Physics
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London and a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana’s Department of Philosophy. He was also the guest for episodes 109—on psychoanalysis, wokeness, racism, and a hundred other topics—and 118, where he app…
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HPC 05. Going Paperless: Ancient Chinese Texts
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What were ancient Chinese philosophical texts written on? How did writing relate to orally transmitted wisdom? How were texts read and used? And what even counted as a “text” in ancient China?By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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205 - Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence, Posthumanity, and AI Utopia
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Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Nick Bostrom is a Swedish philosopher who was most recently Professor at Oxford University, where he served as the founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He is best known for his book Superintelligence (Oxford, 2014), which covers the dangers of artificial intelligence. In this episode, Robinson and N…
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204 - Philip Goff: Panpsychism and the Mystery of Consciousness
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HPC 04. Open Season: the Historical Context
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The historical context of classical Chinese philosophy, and how ancient Chinese historical works themselves became works of philosophy.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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203 - Vijay Prashad: Colonialism, Israel-Palestine, Marxism, and European Anti-Semitism
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202 - Jeffrey Sachs: JFK, Conspiracy Theories, Israel-Palestine, and Ending the War in Gaza
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HPC 03. Karyn Lai on Classical Chinese Philosophy
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Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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201 - Benny Morris: Israel-Palestine, Genocide, Apartheid, Hamas, Muscular Judaism, and the Nakba
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200 - Sean Carroll, Daniel Dennett, & Steven Pinker: AI, Parapsychology, Panpsychism, & Physics Violations
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HPC 02. The Only Constant: Change and the "Yi Jing"
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Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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199 - Lawrence Krauss: God, String Theory, and the State of Physics
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198 - Michael Hudson: Marxism, Economic Parasites, and Debt Cancellation
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HPC 01. Journey of a Thousand Li: Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
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Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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197 - Martha Nussbaum: Justice for Animals
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196 - Stephen Wolfram: The Fundamental Theory of the Universe
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How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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195 - Brian Keating: Cosmological Inflation and the Universe’s First Light
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194 - Daniel Dennett: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Evolution of Minds
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HAP 141 - Job Openings - the Rise of Africana Professional Philosophy
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The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.By Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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