{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Contemporary Philosophy","home_page_url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/json","description":"Conversations with Contemporary Philosophers hosted by John Symons, a professor of philosophy from the University of Kansas.\r\nPresented to you by Mana Platform.","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Contemporary  Philosophy: Global conversations with John Symons","pubdate":"2020-10-19T07:00:00.000-04:00","explicit":false,"copyright":"2025 by Mana Platform","owner":"Mana Platform","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/8/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/cover.jpg?v=1"},"items":[{"id":"f979a9dd-db91-41a8-ac52-961fa260cb33","title":"Philosopher Daniel Dennett","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"In the final episode of first season. Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations. \nThe 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 ? \nWith our distinguished guest; Professor Daniel Dennett; one of the leading philosophers in the Anglo-American world today. \n\nHis books and articles left a great mark on the academic world.\n\nDaniel dennett books: \nhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6952980.Daniel_C_Dennett","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn the final episode of first season. Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations. \u003cbr\u003e\nThe 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 ? \u003cbr\u003e\nWith our distinguished guest; Professor Daniel Dennett; one of the leading philosophers in the Anglo-American world today. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis books and articles left a great mark on the academic world.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel dennett books: \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6952980.Daniel_C_Dennett\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6952980.Daniel_C_Dennett\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The history and methods of recent philosophy of mind","date_published":"2020-10-19T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/f979a9dd-db91-41a8-ac52-961fa260cb33.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40274916,"duration_in_seconds":2512}]},{"id":"9468cfb0-6d8d-4d7f-bdce-b0b914a1a29b","title":"Philosopher Agnes Callard","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"In this episode of Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\n\nThe 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?.\n\nPhilosopher 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»\n\nProfessor 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, \nAnd her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Boston Review\n\nThe guest's publications: \nThe book Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming\n https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37702276-aspiration\n\nThe book On Anger (Boston Review Forum 13)\n\nhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50401507-on-anger \n\nThe guest's articles on The Point Magazine \nhttps://thepointmag.com/author/acallard/ \n\nThe guest's articles on The Newyorker \nhttps://www.newyorker.com/contributors/agnes-callard?intcid=inline_amp \n\nThe guests articles on The New York Times \n https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=Agnes+Callard+philosophy\n\nThe guest's articles on The Boston Review \nhttp://bostonreview.net/author/agnes-callard#:~:text=Agnes Callard is an Associate,currently Director of Undergraduate Studies","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode of Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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?.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhilosopher 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»\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor 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, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Boston Review\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guest\u0026#39;s publications: \u003cbr\u003e\nThe book Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37702276-aspiration\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37702276-aspiration\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book On Anger (Boston Review Forum 13)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50401507-on-anger\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50401507-on-anger\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guest\u0026#39;s articles on The Point Magazine \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://thepointmag.com/author/acallard/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://thepointmag.com/author/acallard/\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guest\u0026#39;s articles on The Newyorker \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/agnes-callard?intcid=inline_amp\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.newyorker.com/contributors/agnes-callard?intcid=inline_amp\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guests articles on The New York Times \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=Agnes+Callard+philosophy\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.nytimes.com/search?query=Agnes+Callard+philosophy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guest\u0026#39;s articles on The Boston Review \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://bostonreview.net/author/agnes-callard#:%7E:text=Agnes\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://bostonreview.net/author/agnes-callard#:~:text=Agnes\u003c/a\u003e Callard is an Associate,currently Director of Undergraduate Studies\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Aspiration","date_published":"2020-10-18T03:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/9468cfb0-6d8d-4d7f-bdce-b0b914a1a29b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40846464,"duration_in_seconds":2548}]},{"id":"7a331872-cc5f-44f8-b409-b0d4d0ab8932","title":"Philosopher Richard T. De George","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\n\nHosted 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 \nResearch fellow at Columbia, Yale, Stanford and the Hoover Institution\n\nRichard T. De George books:\nhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/384274.Richard_T_De_George?from_search=true\u0026amp;from_srp=true\n\nللمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على\nhttps://Mana.net \nTwitter:\nhttps://twitter.com/manaplatform\nInstagram:\nhttps://Instagram.com/manaplatform\nFacebook:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/manaplatform","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHosted 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 \u003cbr\u003e\nResearch fellow at Columbia, Yale, Stanford and the Hoover Institution\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRichard T. De George books:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/384274.Richard_T_De_George?from_search=true\u0026from_srp=true\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/384274.Richard_T_De_George?from_search=true\u0026amp;from_srp=true\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eللمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://Mana.net\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://Mana.net\u003c/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\nTwitter:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://twitter.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://Instagram.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://Instagram.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Soviet Philosophy, Capitalism and the Origins of Business Ethics","date_published":"2020-09-02T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/7a331872-cc5f-44f8-b409-b0d4d0ab8932.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48109076,"duration_in_seconds":3002}]},{"id":"36a4f7d7-88c5-4604-a9bb-aba8e2bc5f4e","title":"Philosopher Charles Wolfe","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\n\nHosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Philosopher Charles Wolfe. \n.  Faculty member Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy\n.  Leading expert on the history of vitalism and materialism\n.  Author of La philosophie de la biologie avant la biologie : une histoire du vitalisme\n.  Lire le matérialisme\nand\n.  Materialism. A Historico-Philosophical Introduction\n\n.  Founding Series Editor, History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, Springer\n\nhttps://Mana.net \nTwitter:\nhttps://twitter.com/manaplatform\nInstagram:\nhttps://Instagram.com/manaplatform\nFacebook:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/manaplatform","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Philosopher Charles Wolfe. \u003cbr\u003e\n.  Faculty member Università Ca\u0026#39; Foscari, Venice, Italy\u003cbr\u003e\n.  Leading expert on the history of vitalism and materialism\u003cbr\u003e\n.  Author of La philosophie de la biologie avant la biologie : une histoire du vitalisme\u003cbr\u003e\n.  Lire le matérialisme\u003cbr\u003e\nand\u003cbr\u003e\n.  Materialism. A Historico-Philosophical Introduction\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e.  Founding Series Editor, History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, Springer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://Mana.net\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://Mana.net\u003c/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\nTwitter:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://twitter.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://Instagram.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://Instagram.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\r\n \r\nHosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Philosopher Charles Wolfe. \r\n.  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On this episode we'll discuss experimental philosophy.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHosted 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\u0026#39;ll discuss experimental philosophy.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Edouard Machery.","date_published":"2020-08-09T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/47f1453d-d8cb-48d0-896f-26175db63fb7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34066148,"duration_in_seconds":2124}]},{"id":"17cf8420-8fe2-4582-869b-206c7a17ff58","title":"Philosopher Helen De Cruz","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\n\nHosted 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. \n\nThe conversation dissguss the ideas of Wonder, disagreement and finding one's way in philosophy.\n\nللمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على\nhttps://Mana.net \nTwitter:\nhttps://twitter.com/manaplatform\nInstagram:\nhttps://Instagram.com/manaplatform\nFacebook:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/manaplatform","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: Global conversations\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHosted 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 \u0026quot; A natural history of natural theology. The cognitive science of theology and philosophy of religion. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe conversation dissguss the ideas of Wonder, disagreement and finding one\u0026#39;s way in philosophy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eللمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://Mana.net\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://Mana.net\u003c/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\nTwitter:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://twitter.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://Instagram.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://Instagram.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/manaplatform\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The conversation dissguss the ideas of Wonder, disagreement and finding one's way in philosophy.","date_published":"2020-07-29T04:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/17cf8420-8fe2-4582-869b-206c7a17ff58.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24051057,"duration_in_seconds":1499}]},{"id":"75778d4b-09a7-491c-bc46-bd9c67fe68bf","title":"Philosopher Luciano Floridi","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations \nBeginning 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 \nThe conversation is focusing on the philosophy as a conceptual design and the importance of philosophy outside of the academic context.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: Global conversations \u003cbr\u003e\nBeginning 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 \u003cbr\u003e\nThe conversation is focusing on the philosophy as a conceptual design and the importance of philosophy outside of the academic context.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"An interview with Luciano Floridi, Philosophy as conceptual design.","date_published":"2020-07-22T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/75778d4b-09a7-491c-bc46-bd9c67fe68bf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35444500,"duration_in_seconds":2211}]},{"id":"f12df970-7844-45bf-a38c-3eccaf41d875","title":"Philosopher Olga Pombo","url":"https://philosophy.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations \nOlga Pombo, a notable portuguese philosopher from the University of Lisbon. Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas \nA conversation about Leibniz, the Encyclopedia, and the Internet","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: Global conversations \u003cbr\u003e\nOlga Pombo, a notable portuguese philosopher from the University of Lisbon. Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas \u003cbr\u003e\nA conversation about Leibniz, the Encyclopedia, and the Internet\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"An Interview with Olga Pombo, a notable portuguese philosopher from the University of Lisbon. With John Symons,  a professor of philosophy from the University of Kansas.","date_published":"2020-07-22T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/8a736fd3-a9c5-4b33-8372-98bc9e52a34b/f12df970-7844-45bf-a38c-3eccaf41d875.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31100587,"duration_in_seconds":1940}]}]}