<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:rawvoice="https://blubrry.com/developer/rawvoice-rss/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>Philosophy Archives - https://thoughtcast.org</title> <atom:link href="https://thoughtcast.org/category/philosophy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/category/philosophy/</link> <description>An online watering hole for ideas</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:07:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <atom:link rel="hub" href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /> <itunes:new-feed-url>https://thoughtcast.org/category/a-new-podcast/feed/podcast/</itunes:new-feed-url> <itunes:summary>A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.</itunes:summary> <itunes:author>Jenny Attiyeh</itunes:author> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/thoughtcast-banner2800x2800.jpg" /> <itunes:owner> <itunes:name>Jenny Attiyeh</itunes:name> </itunes:owner> <copyright>ThoughtCast® by ThoughtCast, 2005</copyright> <podcast:license>ThoughtCast® by ThoughtCast, 2005</podcast:license> <podcast:medium>podcast</podcast:medium> <itunes:subtitle>An online watering hole for ideas.</itunes:subtitle> <image> <title>Philosophy Archives - https://thoughtcast.org</title> <url>https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/thoughtcast-banner2800x2800.jpg</url> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/category/philosophy/</link> </image> <itunes:category text="Society & Culture"> <itunes:category text="Personal Journals" /> </itunes:category> <itunes:category text="Arts"> <itunes:category text="Books" /> </itunes:category> <podcast:podping usesPodping="true" /> <rawvoice:subscribe feed="https://thoughtcast.org/category/philosophy/feed/" itunes="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thoughtcast®/id1195992925"></rawvoice:subscribe> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4754484</site> <item> <title>Kwame Anthony Appiah: the Cosmopolitan Philosopher</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:50:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[a new podcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anthony appiah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cosmopolitanism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[global citizen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[identity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[identity politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kwame anthony appiah]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/casts/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Note: Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, who writes the New York Times column, “The Ethicist”, has just won (in the summer of 2024) the Library of Congress’ Kluge Prize. A high honor. This program was broadcast on WCAI, an affiliate of WGBH, Boston. In this interview from 2004, New York University Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/">Kwame Anthony Appiah: the Cosmopolitan Philosopher</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note: Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, who writes the New York Times column, “The Ethicist”, has just won (in the summer of 2024) the Library of Congress’ Kluge Prize. A high honor.</p> <p>This program was broadcast on WCAI, an affiliate of WGBH, Boston.</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft" style="float: left;" title="Kwame Anthony Appiah (Photo: Greg Martin)" src="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/anthonyappiah.jpg" alt="" />In this interview from 2004, New York University Philosopher <a href="https://appiah.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kwame Anthony Appiah</a> discusses <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmopolitanism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cosmopolitanism</a> on ThoughtCast!<br /> Born in England and raised in Ghana, Appiah is half English and half African. And perhaps because of this, he’s fascinated with the concept of identity, and the power it wields over people. But rather than wage <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identity politics</a>, Appiah encourages us instead to be good <a href="https://www.globalcitizens.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">global citizens</a>, interested in and accepting of each other. In short, cosmopolitan. But also, at least a little bit “contaminated”… Appiah’s written a book on the subject: it’s called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cosmopolitanism-Ethics-World-Strangers-Issues/dp/0393061558" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers</a>.</p> <p>Click here: <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/Appiahonlymono.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen. (42 minutes)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/">Kwame Anthony Appiah: the Cosmopolitan Philosopher</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/Appiahonlymono.mp3" length="40228989" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <itunes:duration>41:54</itunes:duration> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">111</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Rebecca Goldstein: the atheist with a soul</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/rebecca-goldstein-the-atheist-with-a-soul/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/rebecca-goldstein-the-atheist-with-a-soul/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:33:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[a new podcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Front Page]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[36 arguments for the existence of god]]></category> <category><![CDATA[baruch spinoza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kurt godel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mazel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mind-body problem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PEN New England]]></category> <category><![CDATA[properties of light]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rebecca goldstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[steven pinker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the dark sister]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=962</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>ThoughtCast spoke to author and academic Rebecca Goldstein about her novel "36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction".</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/rebecca-goldstein-the-atheist-with-a-soul/">Rebecca Goldstein: the atheist with a soul</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on <strong>WGBH</strong>, Boston’s NPR station for news and culture!<br /> <img decoding="async" class="alignleft" title="Rebecca Goldstein" src="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/rebecca-goldstein-pix.jpg" alt="Rebecca Goldstein" /></p> <p><a href="https://www.rebeccagoldstein.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rebecca Goldstein’s</a> latest work, called <a href="https://search.barnesandnoble.com/36-Arguments-for-the-Existence-of-God/Rebecca-Goldstein/e/9780307378187/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction</a>, is perhaps best described as a hybrid. It is indeed a novel, with its share of psychology, mathematics and academic politics, but it concludes with an appendix outlining these 36 arguments, as well as their rebuttals, in the language not of fiction, but of philosophy. So, as in many of Goldstein’s earlier novels, this one manages to fold ideas into art.<br /> ThoughtCast spoke with Rebecca in her home in the Leather District, in downtown Boston.<br /> Click here <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/rebecca-goldstein28minsmono.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> (28 minutes) to listen.<br /> Click here <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/pinker-goldstein1;23;53mono.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> (90 minutes) to listen to a discussion with Rebecca Goldstein and <a href="https://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/about/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven Pinker</a>, sponsored by <a href="https://www.pen-ne.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PEN New England</a>. It’s titled <em>Mind-Body Problems: A Conversation About Science, Fiction and God</em>, and focuses mainly on Rebecca’s latest novel.<br /> <img decoding="async" class="alignleft" title="Steven Pinker" src="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/steven-pinker-pix.jpg" alt="Steven Pinker" />Rebecca Goldstein received her doctorate in philosophy from Princeton, and went on to teach philosophy before trying her pen at fiction. Her first novel, <a href="https://www.powells.com/biblio/9780140172454?&PID=31879" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Mind-Body Problem</a>, was a critical success, and she went on to write 5 other novels, including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Properties-Light-Rebecca-Goldstein/dp/0618154590" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Properties of Light</a>, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-W8HKUDXLxwC&dq=Rebecca+Goldstein&printsec=frontcover&source=an&hl=en&ei=XddkS-GsLcaf8Aa76bSgAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=14&ved=0CDQQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mazel</a>, and <a href="https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/2777.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Dark Sister</a>. She has also written non-fiction studies of the mathematician <a href="https://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/goldstein05/goldstein05_index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kurt Gödel</a>, and the philosopher <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/books/review/18bloom.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Baruch Spinoza</a>.</p> <p>In addition to being Rebecca’s husband, Steven Pinker is <a href="https://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/about/shortbio.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University</a>, and one of the world’s leading authorities on language and the mind. He’s written seven books (so far) including <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7rJ5gI1LbXoC&dq=Steven+Pinker&printsec=frontcover&source=an&hl=en&ei=OoJ9S4GLFcaVtgeMpL3GBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CDMQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Blank Slate</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Mind-Works-Steven-Pinker/dp/0393045358" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How the Mind Works</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff_of_Thought" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Stuff of Thought</a>.</p> <p>And finally, to listen to this ThoughtCast interview on the WGBH Forum Network, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UEJ98A6s8&list=PLUp_8XJKRqnACpQ3amF6rTX0KyKqHVjgT&index=5&t=0s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here!</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/rebecca-goldstein-the-atheist-with-a-soul/">Rebecca Goldstein: the atheist with a soul</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/rebecca-goldstein-the-atheist-with-a-soul/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/rebecca-goldstein28minsmono.mp3" length="67192162" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:title>Rebecca Goldstein: the atheist with a soul</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <itunes:duration>28:00</itunes:duration> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">962</post-id> </item> <item> <title>“Why Does the World Exist?” with Jim Holt</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/the-puzzle-of-existence-with-jim-holt/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/the-puzzle-of-existence-with-jim-holt/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:52:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[a new podcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A. J. Ayer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alex vilenkin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cosmology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Derek Parfit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heisenberg uncertainty principle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jim holt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ludwig wittgenstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[puzzle of existence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quantum tunneling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Nozick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thomas Nagel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=748</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>In his book "Why Does the World Exist?" science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingness, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle - on ThoughtCast!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-puzzle-of-existence-with-jim-holt/">“Why Does the World Exist?” with Jim Holt</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Note</strong>: this interview was broadcast on the WGBH public radio affiliate WCAI, on the Cape and Islands!<br /> <img decoding="async" width="189" height="230" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-749" title="Jim Holt (photo: Michael Todd)" src="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/jimholtpix.jpg" alt="Jim Holt (photo: Michael Todd)" /></p> <p>In this ThoughtCast interview, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/10/02/061002crat_atlarge" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">science writer Jim Holt</a> takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingness, existence and emptiness, <a href="https://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=37656" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quantum tunneling</a> and the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=heisenberg+uncertainty+principle&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbs=tl:1&tbo=1&ei=1mJlSuK-JN6Ctgf1-vnwDw&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=12" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">uncertainty principle</a>. The author of <a href="https://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-07/st_holt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes</em></a>, Holt lends his wit to a dissection of the puzzle of existence, which happens to be the topic of his book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-World-Exist-Existential/dp/0871404095" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story</a>! A frequent contributor to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/books/review/Holt-t.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a> and other publications, Holt approaches his subject with a personal, philosophical and scientific point of view. But does he solve the puzzle?… You tell me!</p> <p>Click here <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/Holt28minsMono-Final.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen (28 minutes.)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-puzzle-of-existence-with-jim-holt/">“Why Does the World Exist?” with Jim Holt</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/the-puzzle-of-existence-with-jim-holt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>22</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/Holt28minsMono-Final.mp3" length="26880626" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">748</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Talks@Harvard Book Store: Sean Dorrance Kelly</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/talksharvard-book-store-sean-dorrance-kelly/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/talksharvard-book-store-sean-dorrance-kelly/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:53:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Harvard Luminaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[all things shining]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harvard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harvard book store]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sean dorrance kelly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[western classics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=1666</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Sean Dorrance Kelly, a voluble, high-octane philosopher and Harvard professor, spoke at the Harvard Book Store recently about his latest creation: All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age, which he co-wrote with Hubert Dreyfus, another professor of philosophy, this time at Berkeley. ThoughtCast was there, and made this […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/talksharvard-book-store-sean-dorrance-kelly/">Talks@Harvard Book Store: Sean Dorrance Kelly</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1668" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><div class="img size-medium wp-image-1668" style="width:300px;"> <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/seandorrancekelly.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1668" src="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/seandorrancekelly-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a> <div>Sean Dorrance Kelly</div> </div><p id="caption-attachment-1668" class="wp-caption-text">(photo by Jenny Attiyeh)</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdkelly/" target="_blank">Sean Dorrance Kelly</a>, a voluble, high-octane philosopher and Harvard professor, <a href="https://www.harvard.com/events/hbs_channel/sean_dorrance_kelly/" target="_blank">spoke at the Harvard Book Store</a> recently about his latest creation: <em>All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age</em>, which he co-wrote with Hubert Dreyfus, another professor of philosophy, this time at Berkeley.</p> <p><a href="https://www.harvard.com/events/hbs_channel/sean_dorrance_kelly/" target="_blank">ThoughtCast was there, and made this recording. (28 minutes.)</a><br /> So take a listen, and let us know what you think!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/talksharvard-book-store-sean-dorrance-kelly/">Talks@Harvard Book Store: Sean Dorrance Kelly</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/talksharvard-book-store-sean-dorrance-kelly/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1666</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The “New Biology” with Steven Pinker, Noga Arikha & Melvin Konner</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/the-new-biology-with-steven-pinker-noga-arikha-melvin-konner/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/the-new-biology-with-steven-pinker-noga-arikha-melvin-konner/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:17:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history of the humours]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kevin dunn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[melvin konner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new biology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[noga arikha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[steven pinker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tufts CHAT]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=879</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Center for the Humanities at Tufts University recently held a panel discussion on “The New Biology and the Self”, an apt topic for the likes of Steven Pinker, the Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Noga Arikha, a historian of ideas and the author of Passions and Tempers: […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-new-biology-with-steven-pinker-noga-arikha-melvin-konner/">The “New Biology” with Steven Pinker, Noga Arikha & Melvin Konner</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img decoding="async" width="230" height="148" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-880" title="Brave New World?" src="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/newbiology.jpg" alt="Brave New World?" /> The <a href="https://ase.tufts.edu/chat/about/" target="_blank">Center for the Humanities at Tufts University</a> recently held a panel discussion on “The New Biology and the Self”, an apt topic for the likes of <a href="https://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Steven Pinker</a>, the <a href="https://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/about/longbio.html" target="_blank">Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology</a> at Harvard University, <a href="https://www.nogaarikha.com/nogaarikha/page.php?l=en&p=biography" target="_blank">Noga Arikha</a>, a historian of ideas and the author of <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27840/Noga_Arikha/index.aspx" target="_blank">Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours</a>, and <a href="https://www.melvinkonner.com/" target="_blank">Melvin Konner</a>, a <a href="https://www.anthropology.emory.edu/FACULTY/Konner/index.html" target="_blank">professor of anthropology and assoc. professor of psychiatry and neurology at Emory University</a>.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>The panel was moderated by Tufts professor <a href="https://ase.tufts.edu/faculty-guide/fac/kdunn.htm" target="_blank">Kevin Dunn</a>.<br /> Click here <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/tuftsCHAT1;13minsFINAL.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen (73 minutes.)</p> <p>And to listen to a talk by Steven Pinker on the <a href="https://www.forum-network.org" target="_blank">Forum Network</a>, click <a href="https://forum-network.org/lecture/steven-pinker-modern-denial-human-nature" target="_blank">here</a>!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-new-biology-with-steven-pinker-noga-arikha-melvin-konner/">The “New Biology” with Steven Pinker, Noga Arikha & Melvin Konner</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/the-new-biology-with-steven-pinker-noga-arikha-melvin-konner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/tuftsCHAT1;13minsFINAL.mp3" length="175950366" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">879</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Journal of Henry David Thoreau</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/the-journal-of-henry-david-thoreau/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/the-journal-of-henry-david-thoreau/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:08:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[edwin frank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harvard book store]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new york review books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new york review books classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nyrb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nyrb classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoreau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoreau journal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[walden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[walden pond]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=845</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Note: an audio version of this interview aired on WGBH radio in Boston! Henry David Thoreau is justly famous for his book Walden, which tells the story of the two years he spent living by the pond, in the Concord woods. But he also wrote a journal, which he started at age 20 in 1837, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-journal-of-henry-david-thoreau/">The Journal of Henry David Thoreau</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note: an audio version of this interview aired on <strong>WGBH radio</strong> in Boston!</p> <p><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thoreau/" target="_blank">Henry David Thoreau</a> is justly famous for his book <a href="https://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/walden/" target="_blank"><em>Walden</em></a>, which tells the story of the two years he spent living <a href="https://thoreau.eserver.org/cliff.html" target="_blank">by the pond</a>, in the Concord woods. But he also wrote a journal, which he started at age 20 in 1837, and kept up until 1861, shortly before he died. This diary of Thoreau’s daily thoughts and experiences <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/shop/product?usca_p=t&product_id=9153" target="_blank">has just been published</a> by <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/browse?subcategory_id=5" target="_blank">New York Review Books Classics</a>, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this autumn. <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/authors/365" target="_blank">Edwin Frank</a>, the editor of the series, speaks with ThoughtCast at the <a href="https://www.harvard.com" target="_blank">Harvard Book Store</a> in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/7447901?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>To watch a shorter version of this interview, go to the NY Review Books Classics blog <a href="https://nyrb.typepad.com/classics/2009/11/mutimedia-tuesday-edwin-frank-on-thoreaus-journal.html" target="_blank">A Different Stripe</a>! And to read a review on <em>Thoreau’s Journal</em> by intellectual historian <a href="https://jsummers.net/" target="_blank">John Summers</a>, click <a href="https://www.tnr.com/book/review/the-observer" target="_blank">here!</a></p> <p>And for an audio version of this story, click here: <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/ThoreauJournalMonoMp3.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen. (8:34 mins).</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-journal-of-henry-david-thoreau/">The Journal of Henry David Thoreau</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/the-journal-of-henry-david-thoreau/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/ThoreauJournalMonoMp3.mp3" length="20539558" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">845</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Jonah Lehrer on Emotional Hijacking and “How We Decide”</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:05:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[emotional hijacking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harvard book store]]></category> <category><![CDATA[how we decide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jonah lehrer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[proust was a neuroscientist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=725</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH in Boston as well as on the WGBH Cape and Islands affiliate WCAI/WNAN! Jonah Lehrer, the precocious author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, has come out with a new book called How We Decide. He spoke at the Harvard Book Store, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Click here to listen […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide/">Jonah Lehrer on Emotional Hijacking and “How We Decide”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on <strong>WGBH</strong> in Boston as well as on the WGBH Cape and Islands affiliate <strong>WCAI/WNAN</strong>!<br /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="160" height="195" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-727" title="Jonah Lehrer (photo credit: Lori Duff)" src="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/lehrerjonah.gif" alt="Jonah Lehrer" /><br /> <a href="https://www.jonahlehrer.com/" target="_blank">Jonah Lehrer</a>, the precocious author of <a href="https://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/15-11/st_lehrer" target="_blank">Proust Was a Neuroscientist</a>, has come out with a new book called <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/books/review/Johnson-t.html" target="_blank">How We Decide</a>. He spoke at the <a href="https://harvard.com/" target="_blank">Harvard Book Store</a>, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br /> Click here <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/jonahtalk27;51.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen (28 minutes.)</p> <p>After his talk, ThoughtCast spoke with Lehrer briefly about the value of emotion in rational decision making, the power of wishful thinking to hijack our reason, and the potential to retrain the brain via the mind. According to Lehrer, we’d generally be better off sticking to our instincts, our initial reaction or impulse, rather than over-think things. Calm, cool deliberation, it turns out, doesn’t always lead to the best results. Jonah Lehrer is a Contributing Editor at Wired Magazine, and has written for The New Yorker, Nature, Seed, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.<br /> Click here <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen to this rather noisy interview (8:50 minutes.)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide/">Jonah Lehrer on Emotional Hijacking and “How We Decide”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3" length="8442775" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">725</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:27:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Harvard Luminaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[being good]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harvey cox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[secular city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[simon blackburn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[think]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[truth: a guide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[when jesus came to harvard]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/?p=356</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Note: this program was broadcast on the WGBH public radio sister stations WCAI/WNAN, on the Cape and Islands, and on WRNC-LP! In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men, with one thing in common — a belief in humanism. Harvey Cox, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of The Secular City […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn/">Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Note:</strong> this program was broadcast on the WGBH public radio sister stations WCAI/WNAN, on the Cape and Islands, and on WRNC-LP!<br /> <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/coxpix.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="202" height="144" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-366" title="Harvey Cox" src="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/coxpix.jpg" alt="" /></a><a href="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/simonthumbnail1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="100" height="159" class="alignright size-full wp-image-358" title="Simon Blackburn" src="https://thoughtcast.org/wp-content/uploads/simonthumbnail1.jpg" alt="" /></a>In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men, with one thing in common — a belief in humanism. <a href="https://www.hds.harvard.edu/faculty/cox.cfm" target="_blank">Harvey Cox</a>, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secular-City-Secularization-Urbanization-Theological/dp/0020311559" target="_blank">The Secular City</a> and <a href="https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/books.php?id=9432" target="_blank">When Jesus Came to Harvard</a>, talks with ThoughtCast about his faith, and the religious resurgence taking place here in America and abroad. Cox has a unique take on Christianity — while he doubts the Resurrection, he celebrates the life of Jesus, and urges us all to follow in his footsteps, and take his teachings to the streets, to enact them in our flawed, real, and secular world.<br /> <a href="https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/%7Eswb24/" target="_blank"> Simon Blackburn</a> on the other hand rejects religion but embraces the wisdom of philosophy. He too is an author — of <a href="https://www.powells.com/biblio/0195315804?&PID=31879" target="_blank">Truth: A Guide</a>, <a href="https://www.oup.com/us/catalog/he/subject/Philosophy/IntroductiontoPhilosophy/TopicalApproach/CoreTexts/?view=usa&ci=9780192100245" target="_blank">Think</a> and <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AZ8wXBw-l28C&dq=Simon+Blackburn&pg=PP1&ots=ANIGKeNz5m&source=an&sig=ko9RE9zYX_IadVcuHh-07Z9GCEM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP9,M1" target="_blank">Being Good,</a> among others — and he teaches philosophy at the University of Cambridge, in England. What he offers is a philosophy that’s not just for the educated elite, but for the rest of us!</p> <p>Click here: <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen (29 minutes)</p> <p>And to listen to a WGBH Forum Network lecture moderated by Harvey Cox, on the Boston civil rights movement, click <a href="https://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3320" target="_blank">here!</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn/">Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3" length="28031268" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">356</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Economist Amartya Sen on “Identity and Violence”</title> <link>https://thoughtcast.org/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence/</link> <comments>https://thoughtcast.org/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:41:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harvard Luminaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[amartya sen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ethnicity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[identity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[identity and violence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[india]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jenny attiyeh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nobel prize]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughtcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thoughtcast.org/casts/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH Radio. And here’s a PRX review of the program! Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Harvard professor, talks with ThoughtCast about “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.” This new book examines the unfortunate connection between violence and our tendency to identify with one key […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence/">Economist Amartya Sen on “Identity and Violence”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH Radio. And here’s a <a href="https://www.prx.org/pieces/15178-nobel-laureate-and-economist-amartya-sen-on-ident/comments" target="_blank">PRX review</a> of the program!</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft" style="float: left;" title="Amartya Sen" src="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/2006/tn_AmartyaSenpix.jpg" alt="" />Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Harvard professor, talks with ThoughtCast about “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.”</p> <p>This new book examines the unfortunate connection between violence and our tendency to identify with one key trait — our ethnicity, or religion, for example — to the exclusion of all others. Sen argues that we can combat this tendency by rejecting this narrowly defined, limited sense of identity, and embracing a broader, richer and more complex understanding of ourselves.<br /> Amartya Sen was born in West Bengal, India (now Bangladesh) and teaches economics at Harvard University. He is known in the wider world for his work on the causes of famines.<br /> Note: Susan Wennemyr served as associate producer on this program.<br /> Click here: <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/AmartyaSenmono.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://thoughtcast.org/mike.jpeg" alt="" /></a> to listen (28:30 minutes).<br /> To listen to a panel on “Combating Global Poverty” that includes Sen, <a href="https://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=1796" target="_blank">click here</a> to access WGBH’s Forum Network.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence/">Economist Amartya Sen on “Identity and Violence”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thoughtcast.org/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://thoughtcast.org/podcasts/AmartyaSenmono.mp3" length="27368803" type="audio/mpeg" /> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">74</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>