Philosophy Bites

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• Jun8 · Jun 3, 2018 · Recommends

  …akin to diving into using a prog language with little understanding rather than reading books about it, it's more fun! If you want to follow the above approach I think the best resource is the fantastic Philosophy Bites podcast (http://www.philosophybites.com/) where philosophers are interviewed. And if you're more of a printed matter type of person, they have books with the transcribed interviews, too (https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Bites-David-Edmonds/dp/019...).…

  on “Why read Aristotle today?” ↗
• onion2k · Oct 20, 2015 · Recommends

  …don't need to redefine 'free will' to have the discussion. Especially when it's a low redefinition[1]. The fact is whether or not we have free will is largely irrelevant. There's a really interesting Philosophy Bites podcast with Daniel Dennett about what's important in the free will question[2]. It's well worth a listen if you're interested in philosophical stuff. [1] http://www.fallacyfiles.org/redefine.html [2]…

  on “Free will is back, and maybe we can measure it” ↗
• mtraven · May 3, 2011 · Recommends

  Foucault and Deleuze are definitely not for beginners. Don't start there. It really depends what you are interested in. You might check out the Philosophy Bites podcast: http://philosophybites.com/ (now a book too) which has good, short discussions of current issues, and might help you figure out which philosophical questions you are interested in. If you really…

  on “Ask HN: Can anyone recommend some philosophy reading?” ↗
• jonathansizz · Jul 21, 2017 · Recommends

  …Times: World Weekly, The Money Show, Alphachat BBC: The World This Week, Analysis, In Our Time, Infinite Monkey Cage, The Public Philosopher, A History of Ideas Philosophy: The Partially Examined Life, Philosophy Bites, The Philosopher's Zone, The History of Philosophy Without any Gaps Others: The Carnegie Podcast Radio Atlantic Guardian Books Guardian Science Weekly

  on “Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?” ↗
• Jun8 · Sep 2, 2021 · Recommends

  To supplement the material mentioned here I’d suggest the excellent Philosophy Bites podcast (also available as books). Each episode is an interview with an eminent philosopher on an interesting topic and the level of discussion is very understandable.

  on “So You Want to Study Philosophy” ↗
• jseliger · Jun 18, 2012 · Mentions

  …reader or writer wants it to be about, and that a lot of philosophers really like arguing about what philosophy is about. Granted, this comes mostly from sporadic reading in the field and from listening to Philosophy Bites, but the combination has still made me increasingly skeptical of explanations about what philosophy is about. Link: http://www.philosophybites.com/

  on “Why philosophy is largely ignored by science” ↗