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Conversations with Contemporary Philosophers hosted by John Symons, a professor of philosophy from the University of Kansas. Presented to you by Mana Platform.

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  1. 19/10/2020

    Philosopher Daniel Dennett

    In the final episode of first season. Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations. The host John Symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. Will discuss the idea on consciousness. What is it ? Can we explain it? And if so, How ? With our distinguished guest; Professor Daniel Dennett; one of the leading philosophers in the Anglo-American world today. His books and articles left a great mark on the academic world. Daniel dennett books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6952980.Daniel_C_Dennett

    42 min

  2. 18/10/2020

    Philosopher Agnes Callard

    In this episode of Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations The host John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas will try to find the answer with Professor Agnes Callard, The Associate Professor in Philosophy at The University of Chicago. To the question: What is aspiration? What is the difference between aspiration and ambition?. Philosopher Agnes Callard, the author of the acclaimed book «Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming», discusses these questions in the new episode of «Contemporary Philosophy: Global Conversations» Professor Agnes is the author of Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming (Oxford University Press, 2018) and On Anger (MIT Press, 2020), Writes monthly Column for The Point Magazine, And her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Boston Review The guest's publications: The book Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37702276-aspiration The book On Anger (Boston Review Forum 13) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50401507-on-anger The guest's articles on The Point Magazine https://thepointmag.com/author/acallard/ The guest's articles on The Newyorker https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/agnes-callard?intcid=inline_amp The guests articles on The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=Agnes+Callard+philosophy The guest's articles on The Boston Review http://bostonreview.net/author/agnes-callard#:~:text=Agnes Callard is an Associate,currently Director of Undergraduate Studies

    42 min

  3. 02/09/2020

    Philosopher Richard T. De George

    Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. The guest today is Richard T. De George, The Father of business ethics, Recipient of an Honorary degree with co-recipients Nelson Mandela and Bill Gates. An Author of 20 books and over 200 articles. The professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the International Center of Business Ethics, Emeritus Research fellow at Columbia, Yale, Stanford and the Hoover Institution Richard T. De George books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/384274.Richard_T_De_George?from_search=true&from_srp=true للمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على https://Mana.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/manaplatform Instagram: https://Instagram.com/manaplatform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform

    50 min

  4. 21/08/2020

    Philosopher Charles Wolfe

    Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Philosopher Charles Wolfe. . Faculty member Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy . Leading expert on the history of vitalism and materialism . Author of La philosophie de la biologie avant la biologie : une histoire du vitalisme . Lire le matérialisme and . Materialism. A Historico-Philosophical Introduction . Founding Series Editor, History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, Springer https://Mana.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/manaplatform Instagram: https://Instagram.com/manaplatform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform

    49 min

  5. 09/08/2020

    Philosopher Edouard Machery

    Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Edouard Machery. An American philosopher, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science. And the author of Philosophy Within Its Proper Bounds, Doing Without Concepts and working on a new book on whether we should trust science. On this episode we'll discuss experimental philosophy.

    35 min

  6. 29/07/2020

    Philosopher Helen De Cruz

    Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Helen De Cruz, The Belgium philosopher at the Saint Louis University. Who is interested in the idea on disagreement. And co-wrote the book " A natural history of natural theology. The cognitive science of theology and philosophy of religion. The conversation dissguss the ideas of Wonder, disagreement and finding one's way in philosophy. للمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على https://Mana.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/manaplatform Instagram: https://Instagram.com/manaplatform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform

    25 min

  7. 22/07/2020

    Philosopher Luciano Floridi

    Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Beginning the series with Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information and Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, at the University of Oxford. Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas The conversation is focusing on the philosophy as a conceptual design and the importance of philosophy outside of the academic context.

    37 min

  8. 22/07/2020

    Philosopher Olga Pombo

    Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Olga Pombo, a notable portuguese philosopher from the University of Lisbon. Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas A conversation about Leibniz, the Encyclopedia, and the Internet

    32 min
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