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Friction

Philosophy
Acquaintance
Intentionality
Deception
Quantum Mechanics
Philosophy Of Time
Consciousness
Self and Identity
Ultimate Meaning
Cosmic Meaning
Everyday Meaning
Epistemology
Neural Representation
Fine-Tuning
Time
Causal Principle
Common-Sense Psychology
Direct Compositionality
Laws Of Nature
Social Norms
Measurement Problem

On this podcast, I interview philosophers and other academics on fascinating philosophical and philosophy-adjacent topics. fric.substack.com

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What if only the present moment exists, and everything you call the past or the future is, strictly speaking, nothing at all?

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Mark Balaguer is professor of philosophy at Cal State LA, and hi... more

What if simply having something consciously present to mind already counts as a form of knowledge, and helps explain not just perception, but beauty, emotion, and moral life?

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Matt Duncan is ... more

If life as a whole has no ultimate point, what kind of meaning can still make it worth living?

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Rivka Weinberg is Professor of Philosophy and Mary W. and J. Stanley Johnson Chair in the Human... more

Where do norms come from: from transcendent reason, or from the customs, practices, and forms of life through which human beings become normative creatures?

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Jay Garfield is Professor of Phil... more

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Mark Balaguer
Professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles
Episode: 149. Mark Balaguer | How to Be a Presentist
Matt Duncan
Philosophy professor at Rhode Island College
Rhode Island College
Episode: 148. Matt Duncan | Acquaintance
Rivka Weinberg
Professor of Philosophy at Scripps College
Scripps College
Episode: 147. Rivka Weinberg | The Meaning of it All
Jay Garfield
Professor of Philosophy
Smith College; Harvard Divinity School; Melbourne University
Episode: 146. Jay Garfield | Norms and Nature
Kevin Richardson
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, author of The End of Binaries
Duke University
Episode: 143. Kevin Richardson | The End of Binaries
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Episode: 143. Kevin Richardson | The End of Binaries
Dan Nicholson
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at George Mason University; focus on philosophy of science, biology and life sciences
George Mason University
Episode: 142. Dan Nicholson | What is Life?
Douglas Allchin
AAAS fellow and resident fellow at the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science; author focused on history and philosophy of science; emphasis on error in science
Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science / AAAS
Episode: 141. Douglas Allchin | Scientific Error
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
Professor of Political Theory, University of Aarhus
University of Aarhus
Episode: 140. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen | Wrongful Discrimination

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125. Malcolm Keating | Reason in an Uncertain World
Q: Why is debate viewed as important in the Nyāya tradition?
Debate serves both social and epistemic purposes: it disciplines reasoning, exposes fallacies, transmits knowledge to students, and ideally advances the search for truth rather than merely winning arguments.
125. Malcolm Keating | Reason in an Uncertain World
Q: How do Nyāya thinkers handle doubt and the risk of global skepticism?
They distinguish local doubt, which can be productive for improving knowledge, from global doubt, which is irrational unless one already accepts some basic deliverances about knowledge sources; global doubt undermines the possibility of starting inquiry.
125. Malcolm Keating | Reason in an Uncertain World
Q: How do Nyāya philosophers view perception as a source of knowledge?
They regard perception as a fundamental, direct way of knowing about an external world, provided the causal conditions are appropriate and the perception is veridical; even when perception can be fallible, it remains a primary pramana that grounds other inferential and testimonial knowledge.
128. Dan Zahavi | Being We
Q: What is the central aim of the book Being We, and how does it relate to the traditional debates on collective intentionality?
The central aim is to offer a systematic analysis of I, you, and we by reconstructing classical phenomenological arguments and linking them to contemporary debates in philosophy and social sciences, thereby bridging phenomenology with discussions on collective intentionality and social ontology.
122. Craige Roberts | Formal Semantics
Q: What are some open problems in formal semantics and pragmatics that you find particularly challenging?
Key open problems include drawing a precise boundary between semantic content and meaning as used in context, integrating Gricean implicatures with formal semantics (e.g., scale/quantity implicatures), understanding how indexicals shift under attitude contexts, and determining how much of ontology is read off from semantics versus pragmatics, all while maintaining testable, context-sensitive predictions.

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This discussion-heavy show features rigorous conversations with philosophers and related scholars, spanning topics from metaphysics and philosophy of science to ethics, normativity, and the foundations of consciousness. Episodes mix in-depth explorations of time, meaning, perception, and scientific reasoning with practical implications for everyday life, public policy, and the ethics of technology. A notable strength is the roster of high-caliber guests—esteemed professors and researchers—whose work probes foundational questions as well as cross-disciplinary connections to biology, physics, and cognitive science. The format tends toward intellectual rigor paired with accessible explanations, making it appealing to listeners who enjoy though... more

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