Existentialism Today
A microphilosophy podcast recorded at one of my series of Philosophy Salons at St Georges, Bristol. My guests were Kate Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Webber.
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Author: Julian Baggini
Animal lovers or sentimental hypocrites?
Yes, we have tender feelings towards fluffy companion animals, gambolling lambs and alpacas under threat of involuntary euthanasia. But these feelings are only directed towards animals when and if they are pleasing to us. Whenever protecting or enhancing an animal’s welfare brings costs to ourselves, our so-called love mysteriously vanishes.
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Learning from Asian Philosophy
Bryan van Norden and Jin Y. Park are two of the world’s leading philosophers working at the intersection of east and west. In discussion with Julian Baggini they talk about what we can learn from Asian thought and the obstacles to genuine core-cultural philosophising.
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Comparing apples and oranges
My 12 February newsletter on the pitfalls of supposedly precise language
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David Hume: The Greatest Historian
Philosophy deprives itself of valuable resources when it turns its back on history, and so also history is of limited use if we don’t apply its lessons to philosophy. The humanities are always stronger when they work together, not in hermetically sealed departments.
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