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The Philosopher's Zone with Alan Saunders looks at the world of philosophy and at the world through philosophy. The program addresses the big philosophical questions and arguments.
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/philosopher/ The Heidegger Way
Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 19, 2013
Why let the Cartesian mind-body split stand in the way of a successful business pitch? For better results, use Heidegger.Â
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Love Potions Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 12, 2013There is nothing new about a philosopher thinking about love. But it takes a slightly different hue in the era of neuroscience.
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Kierkegaard 200 Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 05, 2013Soren Kierkegaard was born on the precipice of the modern world. He didn't like it much then; what would he make of it now?
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Immortality Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 28, 2013If you could live forever, would you? Welcome to the Immortality Project.
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The importance of public things Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 21, 2013What happens to a democratic world when the things we own in common disappear? Should it worry us? Professor Bonnie Honig argues that democracy is rooted in the common love for, and contestation of shared objects.
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Jewish philosophy: Martin Buber Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Sep 23, 2012Martin Buber was born in pre-Nazi Austria and emigrated to Israel in 1938 where he spent much of the rest of his life. He grappled with Zionism, Jewish thought, secular philosophy and politics and the result is a body of thought very much based on relationships.
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Jewish philosophy: Moses Mendelssohn Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Sep 16, 2012Moses Mendelssohn scandalised his more pious fellow 18th century Germans when he said: 'My religion recognises no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths.' This week we look at the life and ideas of one of the great proponents of Judaism as a rational religion.
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Jewish philosophy: Maimonides Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Sep 09, 2012Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides, became a hugely important figure in that great era of Moorish cultural flourishing, 12th century Spain (Cordoba). Maimonides adapted the ideas of Aristotle, was a significant influence on Thomas Aquinas, and became one of the leading Rabbinical scholars of his time, and perhaps of all time.
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Jewish philosophy: Overview part 2 Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Sep 02, 2012In part two of our introduction we take up the story during the 17th century, with the great European thinker Baruch Spinoza. Tamar Rudavsky from Ohio State University is again our guide.
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Jewish philosophy: Overview part 1 Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Aug 26, 2012We begin this series with an introduction to Jewish philosophy, from Ancient times onwards—an attempt to explore some of the key thinkers and recurring philosophical questions. Our guide is Tamar Rudavsky from Ohio State University.
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How do octopuses think? Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Aug 19, 2012This program was first broadcast on 9 April 2011.
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A rear view of Alfred Hitchcock Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Aug 12, 2012A rear view of Alfred Hitchcock is a view that takes in what lies behind and beneath. And what we find is a profoundly pessimistic, though not hopeless, view of the world and a keen interest in the way we see it.
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Anime: the philosophy of Japanese animation Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Aug 05, 2012Japanese animation is not just for children. It can be dark, incredibly violent and sexually explicit. But does it represent a distinctly Japanese worldview? And is it philosophical? Yes and yes, according to Jane Goodall from the University of Western Sydney.
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The evil of the Daleks Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jul 29, 2012They are among the most loved, or most feared, villains in science fiction. But what is it that makes Daleks such great baddies? What constitutes evil and why do the Daleks represent a very specific idea about rationality and morality? This week, we talk to a philosopher about what the Daleks have to tell us—in their mechanical, screechy voices—about who we are.
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From Athens to Baghdad: Greek meets Arabic philosophy Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jul 22, 2012This week, we follow the journey of the classics as they spread from Greece to the Arab world and beyond. At a time when Europe still hadn't got its act together philosophically speaking, Arabs were busily translating and debating the ideas of Aristotle and others. We're joined by Professor Peter Adamson from King's College, London, co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy.
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Aristotle after Aristotle Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jul 15, 2012Just a few centuries after their deaths, Plato was thought questionable while his pupil Aristotle was all but canonised: there was almost a fear of criticising him. Everybody used his logic and Christians were drawn to him by his arguments about a first cause of all things. This week Han Baltussen from the University of Adelaide looks at the legacy of Aristotle and at why that legacy was worth preserving.
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Seneca: philosophy and tragedy Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jul 08, 2012Lucius Annaeus Seneca popularised the philosophy of the Stoics, the Greek Hellenistic school. This week, Rick Benitez from the University of Sydney examines Seneca's teaching that contentedness is achieved by a simple, unperturbed life in accordance with nature and that human suffering should be accepted. He looks at Seneca as a writer of tragedies, and at the tragedy of Seneca's own life: he was tutor and later adviser to the Emperor Nero, who eventually ordered him to take his own life.
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The Therapy of Desire: Epicureans and Stoics on the good life Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jul 01, 2012Greek Philosophy series to celebrate the work of the late Alan Saunders. Can philosophy be practical and compassionate? This week Martha Nussbaum, from the University of Chicago, talks about desire and Hellenistic ethics.
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Tribute to the Philosophical Alan Saunders Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jun 24, 2012To mark the sad passing of Alan Saunders we bring you tributes from key thinkers and highlights from Alan’s rich Philosopher's Zone archive.
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Thinking Out Loud - Lecture Three Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jun 17, 2012Lecture three in the ‘Thinking out loud’ series of lectures on philosophy and society presented by the University of Western Sydney in collaboration with the State Library of New South Wales, Fordham University Press and ABC RN.
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Thinking Out Loud Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jun 10, 2012‘Thinking Out Loud’ is a series of three lectures on Philosophy & Society, presented by the University of Western Sydney in collaboration with the State Library of NSW, Fordham University Press in the States and ABC RN.
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The philosophy of astronomy Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jun 03, 2012What is the ideology that propels scientists to go to so much trouble? Think, for example, of the hazards involved in a voyage from Europe to our part of the world in the 18th century. Why would you go to all that effort just to observe the transit of Venus? This week, with the next transit just a few days away, we explore the philosophy of northern astronomy in the southern hemisphere with Simon Schaffer, professor of the history of science at the University of Cambridge.
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Buddhism and science: Talking past each other? Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 27, 2012This week, we look at the convergence – or perhaps not – of two philosophies: Buddhism and modern science. Buddhism has attempted to redefine itself in relation to neuroscience . A case in point is the ‘dialogue’ between Buddhism and neuroscience promoted by the Dalai Lama and his Western followers.  But before talking of a possible convergence between neuroscience and Buddhism, do we need to acknowledge the divergences?
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Who owns your genes? Author: ABC Radio National
Mon, May 21, 2012You might think that, if anybody owns your genes, it’s you, but if you know anything about your genes it will be because of professional gene testing. And in cases of a genetically transmitted disorder, should genetic counsellors breach patient confidentiality to disclose the results of genetic tests to relatives who are likely to be affected by the same disorder?  Is genetic information personal information, which belongs to the patient being tested, or does it belong to all the patient’s genetic relations?
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Shakespeare, Identity and Religion Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 13, 2012What was Shakespeare’s religion and what did he think about personal identity? Did he believe that the personal identity we have is had because we are this living body rather than that? How does commitment to religious faith or to marriage affect your identity? And should we think of Shakespeare not just as an inventor of characters but as a thinker?
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Reflections on cultural identity Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 06, 2012Ethnic groups across the planet are beginning to act like corporations that own a 'natural' copyright in their 'culture' and 'cultural products'Â which they protect, often by recourse to the law, and on which they capitalise in much the same way as do incorporated businesses in the private sector.
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The Problem of Evil Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 29, 2012The Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik argues that he killed to do good for his country. Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, displayed neither guilt nor hatred, claiming he bore no responsibility because he was simply 'doing his job'. It was for him that the phrase ‘the banality of evil’ was coined. Ivan Milat, however, had a life-long history of behavioural disturbance and a propensity for sadistic violence. So how do we understand the problem? Is it just a lack of empathy or is there more than this to the problem of evil?
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The Worst Argument in the World Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 22, 2012Philosophy is all about arguing, but some arguments are worse than others. In fact, some are so awful that only really intelligent people can believe them: The Chinese room argument, Pascal's wager and the ontological argument for the existence of God are among the nominees. This week we examine some implausible ideas with the help of two connoisseurs of bad arguments.Â
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A Dangerous Method Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 15, 2012This week on the Philosopher’s Zone, we’re looking at a couple of people you might not think of as philosophers at all. One of them aspired to be a scientist of the mind. The other, though, was something of a philosopher, something of a mystic and something of a shaman. His name was Carl Gustav Jung and his relationship with an older man, Sigmund Freud, is the subject of A Dangerous Method, a new film directed by David Cronenberg, written by Christopher Hampton  and starring Michael Fassbender as Freud, Viggo Mortensen as Jung and Keira Knightley as the woman who presence proves to be something of a catalyst in their relationship.
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Honourable intentions Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 08, 2012Human consciousness is intentional – it’s about something – but what is the relationship between my consciousness and the objects of which I’m conscious? And, in particular, how does this work when the objects don’t even exist, like Santa Claus and Pegasus? This week, we investigate an old philosophical issue.
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Philosophy for Representationalists Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 01, 2012
5:00 +1000,Over four decades, the Gavin David Young Lectures in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide have become a very significant series with many distinguished contributors from across the globe.. This year, the speaker was Frank Jackson, Professor of Philosophy at ANU. His subject was ‘Philosophy for Representationalists’: perceptual experiences represent the way things are. For example, visual perceptual experiences typically represent how things are in front of us. We can pass this information on in many ways, but we humans most often pass it on using words and sentences. What do these commonplaces about experiences and language tell us about the contents of our experiences and the contents of our words and sentences?
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Extending the mind Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Mar 25, 2012Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? Some philosophers are now arguing that thoughts are not all in the head. The environment has an active role in driving cognition; cognition is sometimes made up of neural, bodily, and environmental processes. Their argument has excited a vigorous debate among philosophers and this week we discover what the fuss is about. We hear from two proponents of the extended mind thesis from one of its critics, Robert Rupert, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Thomas Pogge and global fairness Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Mar 18, 2012In a world in which many humans do not have all their human rights fulfilled, who has what obligations to help bring a better world about? This is a question that, for many years, has exercised the mind of Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale and Professorial Fellow at the Australian National University. This week, we talk to him about it by way of a chat about two influences on his thought: the great eighteenth century German philosopher Immanuel Kant, and one of his teachers, John Rawls, the distinguished American moral philosopher who died in 2002.
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The Myth of Plato and Plato the Myth-maker Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Mar 11, 2012There’s been a change in the interpretation of Plato. For centuries, he was admired for his inspiration and vision, rather than for his theories and argumentation. Then the pendulum swung hard in the other direction.Â
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Kafka and Philosophy Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Mar 04, 2012Franz Kafka—author of The Trial, in which a man is unjustly accused and tried, and Metamorphosis, in which a man becomes a giant insect—is perhaps the modernist author most often discussed by philosophers. What has been so alluring about Kafka that philosophers have a compulsion to return to his writings? This week we investigate with the help of Henry Sussman, Visiting Professor in German Language and Literature at Yale University and one of the world’s great Kafka scholars.Â
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Group agents Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Feb 26, 2012On this Philosopher’s Zone we’re looking at agents. Not secret agents but rather public agents: an agent is just somebody who does something for a purpose and an agent is distinguished from a patient. The agent is the person who does things and the patient is the person to whom things are done. But do we have to be talking about individual persons here or can groups of people be agents in the way that individuals can? This week, we investigate.
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Beating and nothingness: Philosophy and the Martial Arts Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Feb 19, 2012There are many areas of human endeavour with which philosophy can be connected: the law, religion, science, mathematics -- but martial arts? This week we talk to Damon Young, Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, who is both a philosopher and a grappler, about what martial arts have to tell us of thinking and being.
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Michael Dummett: a philosopher's philosopher Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Feb 12, 2012Michael Dummett, one of the greatest English philosophers of the twentieth century, died late in December at the age of 86.
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Philosophy and the Environment Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Feb 05, 2012In a world of environmental crisis, what can philosophy tell us? Who is qualified to pronounce on the subject and how do the institutions of science (peer-reviewed journals the like) help? How do we model the situation in which we find ourselves and how do we decide which species to save, the most endangered or the easiest to save?
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The inconsistency of Hannah Arendt Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Jan 29, 2012Hannah Arendt’s life describes a tragically typical twentieth century trajectory. Born in Germany and, fleeing the Nazis, she ended up in the United States, where she died in 1975. As a philosopher – a title she disclaimed – she insisted on the importance of thinking in the world and not trying to be above it and she thought that understanding the richness and variety of the world was more important than attaining a consistent view of it. This week, we look at a very worldly thinker.
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The ethics of Kevin Rudd's heart Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Jan 21, 2012This program was first broadcast on 6 August 2011.
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The evil of the Daleks Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Jan 14, 2012This program was first broadcast on 18 June 2011.
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Meeting Martha Nussbaum Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Jan 07, 2012This program was first broadcast on 20 August 2011.
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How do octopuses think? Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Dec 31, 2011This program was first broadcast on 9 April 2011.
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An atheist's God: the paradox of Spinoza Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Dec 24, 2011THIS PROGRAM WAS FIRST BROADCAST ON 4 June 2011.
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On authenticity - Beate Roessler Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Dec 17, 2011Strangers, people from other countries immigrating to our territory, endangering our authentic culture, destroying what is valuable, good and familiar. But do they and does that idea make any sort of sense at all? And if we can’t talk about the authenticity of cultures, what about the authenticity of individual persons? This week, we investigate authenticity, the personal and the political.
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The trials and tribulations of private Bradley Manning Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Dec 10, 2011We’ve heard a lot in recent times about the legal wrangles of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange but there is another Wikileaker facing life in prison who has been given much less attention: Private Bradley Manning. Bradley Manning is accused of leaking thousands of classified defence documents and faces life in prison if found guilty. Over two hundred legal scholars and philosophers have signed a petition claiming his treatment has been unconstitutional and unethical. This week we look at the literal trials and tribulations of Bradley Manning.
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The morality of robo-wars: PW Singer Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Dec 03, 2011These days, you can go to war without shouldering a pack and carrying a rifle: you can take out the enemy’s installations (and, indeed, take out the enemy) just sitting in an office not far from home. But what are the ethics of a war fought for us by machines, where the only deaths we see are on TV monitors? This week, we ask how we can bring a moral imagination to bear on a world of robot wars.
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Daniel Dennett on human consciousness and free will Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 26, 2011This week on The Philosopher's Zone we meet one of the foremost thinkers of our time. Daniel Dennett is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Described as the great de-mystifier of consciousness, Dennett has been quoted as saying he developed a deep distrust of the methods he saw other philosophers employing and decided that before he could trust his intuitions about the mind, he had to figure out how the brain could possibly accomplish the mind's work.
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The artist and the philosopher - Gustav Klimt and Ludwig Wittgenstein Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 19, 2011In the last decades of the Hapsburg empire, from 1895 to 194, the city of Vienna was opulent, elegant and daring. A group of radical young artists, architects, writers, musicians, designers and thinkers were busy overturning all the rules. This week, we meet two of the brightest stars to have arisen in this febrile world, the enigmatic artist Gustav Klimt and the elusive philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and we look at Klimt through the changing gaze of Wittgenstein.
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Pascal's wager: betting on God Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 12, 2011This week on The Philosopher's Zone we're wagering on God. Well, why not? What have we got to lose? If God doesn't exist, we lose nothing; if he does, we gain everything. This is the famous argument known as 'Pascal's wager' after the great seventeenth-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal. This week, we examine the wager and try to work out what our odds are.
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Jewish philosophy: Martin Buber Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 05, 2011Martin Buber was born in pre-Nazi Austria and emigrated to Israel in 1938 where he spent much of the rest of his life. He grappled with Zionism, Jewish thought, secular philosophy and politics and the result is a body of thought very much based on relationships.
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