Philosophy Bites

David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com

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Every guest on Philosophy Bites

299 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Robert Wright

   Robert Wright on Why Buddhism is True · May 2018

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   Richard Reeves

   Richard Reeves on Mill's On Liberty · Apr 2008

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   Ro Khanna

   Ro Khanna on Digital Dignity · Mar 2022

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   Philip Goff

   Philip Goff on Galileo and Consciousness · May 2020

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   Sean Kelly

   Sean Kelly on Homer and Philosophy · Nov 2011

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   David Eagleman

   David Eagleman on Morality and the Brain · May 2011

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   Peter Singer

   Peter Singer on Ending Innocent Lives · 6 episodes

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   Nick Bostrom

   NIck Bostrom on the Status Quo Bias · 2 episodes

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   Alain de Botton

   Alain de Botton on Atheism 2.0 · 3 episodes

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    Anil Seth

    Anil Seth on the Real Problem of Consciousness · Jul 2017

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    Paul Bloom

    Paul Bloom on Psychological Hedonism, · Dec 2021

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    Massimo Pigliucci

    Massimo Pigliucci on the Demarcation Problem · Sep 2015

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    Robert Williams

    Robert Williams on Decision Making Under Indeterminacy · Jan 2025

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    Andy Clark

    Andy Clark on The Extended Mind · Mar 2017

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    Daniel Dennett

    Daniel Dennett on the Chinese Room · 2 episodes

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    David Chalmers

    David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind · 2 episodes

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    David Edmonds

    David Edmonds on Peter Singer's Shallow Pond Thought Experiment · 5 episodes

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    Jeff McMahan

    Jeff McMahan on Gun Control · 4 episodes

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    Kieran Setiya

    Kieran Setiya on Loneliness · 2 episodes

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    Michael Sandel

    Michael Sandel on Justice · 3 episodes

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    Will MacAskill

    William MacAskill on Longtermism · Mar 2023

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    Yascha Mounk

    Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap · Apr 2024

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    AC Grayling

    A.C. Grayling on Bertrand Russell on Descriptions · 4 episodes

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    Angie Hobbs

    Angie Hobbs on Plato on Power · 3 episodes

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    Carlo Rovelli

    Carlo Rovelli on Philosophy and Physics · Nov 2015

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    Raymond Tallis

    Raymond Tallis on Assisted Dying · 2 episodes

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    Agnes Callard

    Agnes Callard on Lessons from Socrates · 3 episodes

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    Alison Gopnik

    Alison Gopnik on Hume and Buddhism · 2 episodes

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    Amia Srinivasan

    Amia Srinivasan on What is a Woman? · 2 episodes

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    Ben Rogers

    Ben Rogers on Pascal's Pensées · Jul 2009

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    Carissa Véliz

    Carissa Veliz on Prophecy · 2 episodes

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    John Campbell

    John Campbell on Schizophrenia · 2 episodes

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    Kathleen Stock

    Kathleen Stock on What is a Woman? · 2 episodes

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    Liane Young

    Liane Young on Mind and Morality · Oct 2012

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    Martha Nussbaum

    Martha Nussbaum on the Value of the Humanities · Dec 2010

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    Scott Hershovitz

    Scott Hershovitz on Law and Morality · Aug 2023

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    Sophie Scott

    Sophie Scott on the Meaning of Laughter · Oct 2016

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    Tamar Gendler

    Tamar Gendler on Why Philosophers Use Examples · Aug 2014

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    Elizabeth Anderson

    Elizabeth Anderson on 'Let's Talk' · Apr 2020

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    Hanno Sauer

    Hanno Sauer on The World History of Morality · Jul 2025

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