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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.

8 - Philosopher Daniel Dennett
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  • 8 - 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

    Mon, 19 Oct 2020 - 41min
  • 7 - 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

    Sun, 18 Oct 2020 - 42min
  • 6 - 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

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    Wed, 02 Sep 2020 - 50min
  • 5 - 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

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    Fri, 21 Aug 2020 - 48min
  • 4 - 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.

    Sun, 09 Aug 2020 - 35min
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