Elucidations
Elucidations is an unexpected philosophy podcast produced in association with Emergent Ventures. Every episode, Matt Teichman temporarily transforms himself back into a student and tries to learn the basics of some topic from a person of philosophical interest.
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- Update frequency
- every 36 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Episode 51: Jeroen Groenendijk and Floris Roelofsen discuss inquisitive semantics
In this episode, Jeroen Groenendijk and Floris Roelofsen discuss a new theory of linguistic meaning that brings out a deep commonality between statements and questions.
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00:33:28 |
Mon 23 Sep 2013
Episode 50: Greg Salmieri discusses the Aristotelian good life and productive work
In this episode, Greg Salmieri looks at the attitudes ancient philosophers used to take towards craftsmanship.
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00:36:28 |
Wed 21 Aug 2013
Episode 49: Hans Kamp discusses discourse representation theory
In this episode, Hans Kamp discusses his influential dynamic theory of linguistic meaning.
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00:47:13 |
Wed 17 Jul 2013
Episode 48: Jennifer Frey discusses the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
In this episode, Jennifer Frey discusses the medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas' idea that what's ethically right or wrong is determined by our nature as human beings.
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00:31:30 |
Mon 10 Jun 2013
Episode 47: Alexandru Baltag discusses the logic of knowledge
In this episode, Alexandru Baltag gives us a tour through a number of formal definitions of knowledge that have been proposed in recent years.
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00:39:50 |
Tue 14 May 2013
Episode 46: Frank Veltman discusses normality
In this episode, Frank Veltman discusses the central role that the idea of normality (along with abnormality) plays in our everyday reasoning.
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00:27:26 |
Fri 19 Apr 2013
Episode 45: Anubav Vasudevan discusses probability and determinism
In this episode, Anubav Vasudevan argues that there is no conflict between the belief that the future is completely determined by the past and the belief that some things truly happen by chance.
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00:32:02 |
Fri 22 Mar 2013
Episode 44: Joelle Proust discusses metacognition
In this episode, Joelle Proust discusses whether you need to have the concept of memory in order to evaluate your ability to remember things.
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00:34:13 |
Fri 15 Feb 2013
Episode 43: Peter Adamson discusses the philosophy of Al-Kindi
In this episode, Peter Adamson gives us a tour through the impressively wide-ranging work of Al-Kindi, including his arguments for the unity of God and against the eternity of the universe.
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00:41:41 |
Tue 01 Jan 2013
Episode 42: Agustin Rayo discusses the construction of logical space
In this episode, Agustin Rayo considers whether the number of dinosaurs being zero is the same thing as there being no dinosaurs, whether some wood blocks being nailed together into the shape of a ta…
00:37:11 |
Wed 12 Dec 2012
Episode 41: David Enoch discusses metaethics
In this episode, David Enoch argues that there are real facts of the matter about whether something is right or wrong, and that our ability to deliberate about what to do depends on this.
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00:39:39 |
Fri 09 Nov 2012
Episode 40: Johan van Benthem discusses logical dynamics
In this episode, Johan van Benthem argues that the subject matter of logic should be broadened to encompass not only processes of inference performed by individuals, but also the sharing of informati…
00:36:15 |
Mon 08 Oct 2012
Episode 39: Nicholas Asher discusses the philosophy of language
In this episode, Nicholas Asher discusses some of the challenges faced by philosophers, linguists, and computer scientists when it comes to developing a formal theory of meaning that (for example) a …
00:31:11 |
Tue 04 Sep 2012
Episode 38: Christopher Frey discusses Aristotle on living organisms and their parts
In this episode, Christopher Frey explains why Aristotle thought that after you sever a person's hand, it isn't really a hand anymore.
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00:25:29 |
Wed 08 Aug 2012
Episode 37: Catarina Dutilh Novaes discusses methods in philosophy
In this episode, Catarina Dutilh Novaes talks about whether there is any one method that's specific to philosophy, the way there is (for example) something we call the scientific method.
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00:25:29 |
Tue 10 Jul 2012
Episode 36: Robert van Rooij discusses vagueness
In this episode, Robert van Rooij talks about a paradox that arises when you try to decide exactly how many millimeters high someone has to be in order to count as tall.
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00:32:37 |
Fri 15 Jun 2012
Episode 35: Martha Nussbaum discusses the capabilities approach
In this episode, Martha Nussbaum proposes a new set of criteria for determining the overall health and prosperity of a country.
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00:28:42 |
Mon 07 May 2012
Episode 34: Kieran Setiya discusses moral disagreement
In this episode, Kieran Setiya discusses the difference between disagreeing with someone about how you should live your life and disagreeing with someone about what you just saw (like, for example, w…
00:31:06 |
Mon 09 Apr 2012
Episode 33: Daniel Sutherland discusses the philosophy of mathematics
In this episode, Daniel Sutherland explains some of the difficulties involved in trying to say what numbers are.
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00:31:06 |
Wed 14 Mar 2012
Episode 32: Jennifer Lockhart discusses ignorant knowledge
In this episode, Jennifer Lockhart tells us what happens when a person is unable to go ahead and do something they know how to do in theory.
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00:24:00 |
Thu 09 Feb 2012
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