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How should one live? What should one do? And what do these questions have to do with being a good person? In Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demine of the Modern Moral Self (University of Chicago Press, 2025), Ladelle McWhorter reorients these quest... more

Until recently, no one could access the detailed contents of your mind directly the way only you can. This level of protection of our mental data was guaranteed by the way we are built biologically – and it can no longer be taken for granted. In Cybo... more

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

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

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Recent Guests

Ladelle McWhorter
Stephanie Bennett-Smith, Chair of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emerita, at the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
Episode: Ladelle McWhorter, "Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Orestis Palermos
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina
University of Ioannina
Episode: S. Orestis Palermos, "Cyborg Rights: Extending Cognition, Ethics, and the Law" (Routledge, 2025)
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)

Hosts

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.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 246 ratings
  • Love

    even good for a 'lay person'

    Apple Podcasts
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    WeirdChick1469422689433890
    United States2 years 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)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    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!

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    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!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MuthaFcuak
    United States3 years ago

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Ladelle McWhorter, "Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: What is it about thinking in terms of being a good person that is causing me to be stuck?
She began to investigate the limitations of the concept of personhood and how it contributes to feelings of incapacity in the face of large systemic issues.
Ladelle McWhorter, "Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: Can you sketch for us how you got from kind of losing it with the dryer to the question of personhood?
McWhorter explains that her frustrations with environmental issues and corporate power led her to question the concept of personhood, realizing that modern understandings of it could contribute to personal despair and moral dilemmas.
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.

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