I've mentioned Oxford's Very Short Introductions before on the blog, but I can't help pointing out another written by A.C. Grayling on Wittgenstein. It's a great example of distilling something complicated down into digestible hunks in an honest presentation and analysis. Very well done. In addition, he's a fine essayist with a number of collections worth reading, such as Continue Reading …
Baggini interviews “new atheist” AC Grayling
We've gotten into a little discussion of the new atheist movement, an area well covered by other podcasts (meaning we likely won't devote substantial time to it on our podcast, though we'll certainly discuss religious philosophy). To get clear on one of its key arguments, that it's religious moderates that create a climate where extremism can exist, I'll point to a short Continue Reading …
In Praise of Nigel Warburton
A few months back in response to a blog post where I lauded our podcast over/against other philosophy podcasts, Jon recommended Philosophy Bites, Little Atoms, and Philosophy: The Classics, among others. Two of these have in common that Nigel Warburton is involved, which is a very good thing. Warburton is a Philosopher and scholar of the history of Philosophy at The Open Continue Reading …