David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer)
How can we best help other people? Peter Singer has argued that we should give aid. Despite a lifeti
Do states have a moral right to exclude people from their territory? It might seem obvious that stat
How do I know I'm not dreaming? This sort of question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of year
What is a robustly demanding good, and what has that got to do with friendship and love? Find out in
Philosophers talk about 'knowing how' and 'knowing what'. But what is involved in knowing a person?
Are human beings fundamentally different from the rest of the animal world? Can what we essentially
The Hard Problem of consciousness is the difficulty of reconciling experience with materialism. In t
Why does apparently trivial ritual play such an important part in some ancient Chinese philosophy? M
What is Art? That's not an easy question to answer. Some philosophers even think it can't be answere
The process of dying can be horrible for many, but is there anything bad about death itself? The obv
We certainly disagree about aesthetic judgments in a range of cases. But is anyone right? Is there
Andy Clark, who with David Chalmers proposed the theory of the extended mind, explains what he means
Why do we have art at all? There must be some evolutionary explanation. In this episode of the Aesth
In this episode of Aesthetics Bites, Eileen John discusses some of the ways that art explores moral
Why do we have consciousness at all? Neuroscientist Chris Frith discusses this question with Nigel W
One distinctive feature of human beings is that we can represent aspects of the world to ourselves,
'What is a woman?' may seem a straightforward question, but it isn't. Feminist philosophers from Sim
Neuroscientist Kate Jeffery discusses how the brain represents the world. This episode is is part of
Pierre Bayle was one of the best-known philosophers in the Eighteenth Century, but his work is now r
How should we understand the emotions that readers feel about fictional characters? Kathleen Stock d
