Philosophy bites by david edmonds, nigel warburton books. Clare carlisles spinoza walkthrough via the guardian march 29, 2011 by mark linsenmayer 2 comments i just stumbled across an 8 part series on spinoza discussed by us here, completed today and begun here on 2711, written by u. Philosophy bites back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast philosophy bites. Philosophy bites is made in association with the institute of philosophy. Listen to an earlier philosophy bites interview with melissa lane on plato and totalitarianism. Brice ezell, pop matters a testament to the vivacity and draw of contemporary philosophy. Philosophy bites 1st edition by david edmonds author visit amazons david edmonds page. Philosophy bites again is a brand new selection of interviews from the popular podcast of the same name. Goodreads members who liked philosophy bites also liked. In this episode of the philosophy bites podcast, philip pettit provides a story about how ethics might have come into existence.
Beauvoir is often portrayed as applying jeanpaul sartres existentialism to the condition of women. In this episode of philosophy bites susan james discusses spinozas views on the passions. The result is a book that is a taster for the whole enterprise of philosophy, and gives unexpected insights into hot topics spanning ethics, politics, metaphysics, aesthetics, and the meaning. It offers engaging and thoughtprovoking conversations with leading philosophers on a selection of major philosophical issues that affect our lives. Each of the interviewees have written at least one book on a classical european philosopher the exceptions are the american pragmatists james, dewey and rorty and the interview covers one or two important aspects of the philosophers.
Philosophy bites back kindle edition by edmonds, david. Now edmonds and warburton have edited some of those podcasts into this book, philosophy bites back, following in the steps of an earlier volume, simply called philosophy bites. Two books based on the series have been published by. Find books like philosophy bites from the worlds largest community of readers. Philosophy bites bitesized philosophy topics on the app.
The work opposed descartes philosophy of mindbody dualism, and earned spinoza recognition as one of western philosophy s most important thinkers. Clare carlisles spinoza walkthrough via the guardian. Oxford university, which is launching on itunesu on 7th october, has interviewed david edmonds and me about our podcast philosophy bites and about podcasting in general for the oxonians podcast david is an oxford graduate, and we have interviewed many oxford philosophers listen to oxford university podcast about philosophy bites. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Social science bites was inspired by the popular philosophy bites podcast. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive.
What are the passions and what role do they play in human life. Thus the book was arranged under five headings titled. Examines spinoza s ideas of individuality, selfhood, and freedom in spinoza s ethics. Philosophy bites and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Links to past episodes seth adelman who listens to the podcasts i make with david edmonds has produced an extremely useful recource.
Philosophy bites has spawned three books, philosophy bites, philosophy bites back and philosophy bites again. According to rene descartes at least some of them are innate, acquired indpendently of experience. Susan james on spinoza and the passions at philosophy bites. Philosophy bites podcast on demand david edmonds uehiro centre, oxford university and nigel warburton freelance philosopherwriter interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Spinozas theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. In this episode of philosophy bites, susan james explains spinoza s thought in conversation with nigel warburton. Philosophy bites brings together the twentyfive best interviews from this hugely successful website. In this episode of the philosophy bites podcast colin mcginn explains why he thinks that descartes view of the mind has something to be said for it, particularly when combined with leibnizs insight that innate ideas must be initially unconscious. A new name for an old way of thinking by william james. In this episode of the philosophy bites podcast he discusses leviathans.
The book is composed of 27 lively, thematic interviews with contemporary scholars from around the. The first book approached philosophy through issues. Mxx multiculturalism bites sxx social science bites fxx free speech bites a marilyn mccord adams. Philosophy bites then, early in 20, they published this sequel, titled appropriately enough philosophy bites back which consists of the transcripts of an additional 27 podcasts. The series, which has been running since 2007, is hosted by nigel warburton, freelance lecturer, and david edmonds, and has featured interviews with guests including barry c. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of. First made public on the enormously popular philosophy bites podcast, these entertaining, personal, and illuminating conversations are presented in print. Survey the entire history of western philosophy through short intellectual biographies of 40 philosophers from socrates to peter singer, in as broadly approachable a style as eh gombrichs a little history of the world.
From the ancient classics of socrates, plato, and aristotle, to the groundbreaking modern thought of. About the hosts david edmonds and nigel warburton are the cohosts of philosophy bites. Noel malcolm has recently published a 3 volume scholarly edition of the book. These are thorny questions that divide philosophers. A little history of philosophy by nigel warburton yale. This book, which presents spinozas main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and ontological propositions. Grayling, martha nussbaum, peter singer, kwame anthony. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. Listen to an earlier philosophy bites interview with melissa lane on rousseau and modern society.
A very short introduction was published as the 200th in oups vsi series read a. Philosophy bites again is the book equivalent of a chatty dinner party. Listen to nigel and david talking about this book 3 mins 51 secs here. Susan james arguing that you should vote for spinoza. In it, spinoza wrote the last indisputable latin masterpiece. Philosophy bites listen to podcasts on demand free tunein. You can preorder the book based on 25 episodes of the philosophy bites podcast due. A related podcast series that we have made, ethics bites, commissioned by the open universitybbc is available at. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death.