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Armin W. Schulz, "Presentist Social Functionalism: Bringing Contemporary Evolutionary Biology to the Social Sciences" (Springer, 2025)

Humans live in richly normatively structured social environments: there are ways of doing things that are appropriate, and we are aware of what these ways are. For many social scientists, social institutions are sets of rules about how to act, though... more

10 Sep 2025 • 1 hr 5 min

Catherine Malabou, "Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy" (Polity Books, 2023)

Why do so many philosophers value anarchy but refuse to call themselves anarchists? Why don’t philosophers draw on the classical anarchist tradition? How can we think de facto anarchism as distinct from dawning anarchism? What is at stake in doing so... more

20 Aug 2025 • 46 min

Frances Egan, "Deflating Mental Representation" (MIT Press, 2025)

The human mind has the curious, even mysterious, ability to generate thoughts about things with which we are not in causal contact, such as when we think about yesterday’s tennis final, or Aristotle, or unicorns. Naturalizing mental content has usual... more

10 Aug 2025 • 1 hr 2 min

Sabrina L. Hom, "Critical Mixed Race Philosophy: Rethinking Kinship and Identity" (Lexington Books, 2025)

What are dominant narratives of mixed race identity? What are those narratives doing, in everyday life and within philosophical discourse? How can attending to the narratives and actions of people who identify as mixed race not just interrupt these d... more

15 Jun 2025 • 1 hr 26 min

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Recent Guests

Armin W. Schulz

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

Episode: Armin W. Schulz, "Presentist Social Functionalism: Bringing Contemporary Evolutionary Biology to the Social Sciences" (Springer, 2025)

Frances Egan

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Rutgers University

Episode: Frances Egan, "Deflating Mental Representation" (MIT Press, 2025)

Sabrina L. Hom

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Program Coordinator for Women's Studies at Georgia College and State University

Georgia College and State University

Episode: Sabrina L. Hom, "Critical Mixed Race Philosophy: Rethinking Kinship and Identity" (Lexington Books, 2025)

Şerife Tekin

Associate Professor of Philosophy at State University of New York, Upstate Medical University.

State University of New York, Upstate Medical University

Episode: Şerife Tekin, "Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narrative for a Humanist Science" (Routledge, 2025)

Uljana Feest

Professor of Philosophy at Leibniz University in Hanover, Germany

Leibniz University

Episode: Uljana Feest, "Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Mazviita Chirimuuta

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

Episode: M. Chirimuuta, "The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience" (MIT Press, 2024)

Omar Dahbour

Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and at the Graduate School of the City University of New York

Hunter College and CUNY

Episode: Omar Dahbour, "Ecosovereignty: A Political Principle for the Environmental Crisis" (Routledge, 2024)

William Paris

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

Episode: William M. Paris, "Race, Time, and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation" (Oxford UP, 2024)

David Pitt

Professor of Philosophy at Cal State LA, and author of 'The Quality of Thought'

Cal State LA

Episode: David Pitt, "The Quality of Thought" (Oxford UP, 2024)

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Carrie Figdor

Co-host of New Books in Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.

Sarah Tyson

Co-host of New Books in Philosophy and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Denver.

Robert Talese

Co-host of New Books in Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 246 ratings

Love
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WeirdChick1469422689433890
United Statesa year ago
Love but
please turn down the ad volume --speakers are almost always way quieter than new ads (excluding host voiced ones); also ads are now beginning, end, & twice in the middle /: hm.
But love that it actually gives you an idea of whats in the books.
(& people upset w/ 'um's, might consider reading: 'Like, Literally, Dude by Valerie Fridland)
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WeirdChick1469422689433890
United States2 years ago
Often very good interviews. Books not covered elsewhere.
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Skeptic
2 years ago
Great content but poor sound quality
I really enjoy the interviews, but I do think there’s quite a margin of improvement concerning sound quality. Maybe better microphones? Ask for some advice from a sound engineer?
Thanks a lot for your work anyway, it’s great!
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Constant1004
Switzerland3 years ago
Very interesting, but PLEASE!
Very interesting, but PLEASE, like many others have said in the reviews, either get rid of the “ums” and *lipsmacks* in post-editing, or have the interviewer practice not doing those things so much. It’s incredibly hard to focus on what is being said when those things are constantly ringing in your ear. Thank you!
Please consider!
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MuthaFcuak
United States3 years ago

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Frances Egan, "Deflating Mental Representation" (MIT Press, 2025)

Q: Are you continuing with the same sort of project?

Yes, I plan to explore how my framework applies to non-human animals and artificial intelligences.

Frances Egan, "Deflating Mental Representation" (MIT Press, 2025)

Q: What do you think the naturalizing project should be?

I suggest we focus on providing a naturalistic explanation for intentionality without assuming a specific representation relation.

Frances Egan, "Deflating Mental Representation" (MIT Press, 2025)

Q: What is the problem you are addressing in Philosophy of Mind?

The problem is about mental representation, specifically how mental states can represent things outside of ourselves, such as thoughts about distant entities.

Catherine Malabou, "Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy" (Polity Books, 2023)

Q: Can we talk about the cynics for Foucault and how they become an anarchist resource for his work?

Malabou explains that Foucault's later work reflects on cynicism and non-governability, suggesting a radical critique of government that aligns with anarchist thought.

Catherine Malabou, "Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy" (Polity Books, 2023)

Q: How does your reading of the Aporias and Aristotle's Politics help us understand the fraught relationship between anarchy and philosophy?

The reading reveals how Aristotle's foundational views on democracy originally aligned with anarchism but ultimately led to a preference for governed structures, thus sidelining anarchy.

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