Philosophical Trials
My name is Tedy Nenu and I am the host of the 'Philosophical Trials' podcast. This is a place where philosophers, mathematicians, linguists and other bright individuals share with us fascinating aspects of their work. Whether you are interested in the nature of mathematical reality or how language works, there will be an episode here that caters to your interests.
Episodes
15 episodes
Robert Sapolsky vs Kevin Mitchell: The Biology of Free Will | Episode 15
Professor Robert Sapolsky is a Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Surgery at Stanford University. He is the author of multiple books, including A Primate’s Memoir, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Behave, and Determined. Professor Kevin Mitchell ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:13:23
Noam Chomsky on Language Evolution and Semantic Internalism | Episode 14
Noam Chomsky has been described as "the father of modern linguistics". He is one of the leading public intellectuals of the world, having authored over 100 books. Chomsky has made seminal contributions to multiple fields, including Linguistics,...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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52:49
A.C. Grayling on Atheism and The Frontiers of Knowledge | Episode 13
Professor A.C. Grayling is one of the most prolific philosophers and public intellectuals. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Master of the New College of the Humanities and a Supernumerary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford. He...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:06:25
William Lane Craig on Christianity and Philosophy of Religion | Episode 12
Professor William Lane Craig is a world-renowned theologian and philosopher of religion. He authored dozens of books on these topics, including The Kalām Cosmological Argument (1979), God Over All (2016), The Atonement (2018), In Quest of the H...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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53:34
Vicky Neale on 'Why Study Mathematics?' and the Twin Prime Conjecture | Episode 11
Dr Vicky Neale is the Whitehead Lecturer at the Mathematical Institute and Balliol College at the University of Oxford. She is also a Supernumerary Fellow at Balliol and the author of two great books aimed at general audiences, namely ‘Closing ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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42:30
Peter Koellner on Penrose's New Argument concerning Minds and Machines | Episode 10
Professor Peter Koellner is a leading Logician and Philosopher based at Harvard University. He has made very important contributions to areas surrounding Mathematical Logic and today he was kind enough to join me for a discussion on Penrose's a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:01
Sara L. Uckelman on Medieval Logic, Onomastics and Teaching | Episode 9
Dr Sara L. Uckelman is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham. She earned her PhD in Logic at the University of Amsterdam and her research interests cover many interesting areas including Medieval Logic, Onomastics, Ph...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:28
Timothy Williamson on Relativism and Vagueness | Episode 8
Professor Timothy Williamson is one of the most important philosophers alive. He is the Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, a position that he has been holding since 2000. His groundbreaking work in the areas of philosophica...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:10:30
Thomas Cormen on The CLRS Textbook, P=NP and Computer Algorithms | Episode 7
Thomas Cormen is a world-renowned Computer Scientist, famous for co-writing the indispensable 'Introduction to Algorithms' textbook. He is currently a professor at Dartmouth College and former Chairman of the Dartmouth College Department of Com...
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Episode 7
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43:28
Scott Aaronson on Computational Complexity, Philosophy & Quantum Computing | Episode 6
Scott Aaronson is a world-renowned expert in the fields of Quantum Computing and Computational Complexity Theory. He is a David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin. Every Computer Science enth...
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Episode 6
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1:25:51
Kai von Fintel on Language, Semantics and Possible Worlds | Episode 5
Professor Kai von Fintel is a world-leading linguist (Section Head at MIT) who is well known for his contributions to Semantics, an academic fields which sits at the intersection of many disciplines which is typically concerned with the meaning...
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Episode 5
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1:14:25
Ed Cooke on Memory Competitions, The Art of Remembering and Attention | Episode 4
Ed Cooke is a Grandmaster of Memory and the CEO and co-founder of Memrise, one of the most used Language Learning apps in the world. He was also a main character in the international bestseller “Moonwalking with Einstein”. He graduated with a f...
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Episode 4
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35:02
Tim Crane on Minds, Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness | Episode 3
Tim Crane is a world leading philosopher whose areas of research gravitate towards the study of the mind. His book, The Mechanical Mind, has introduced thousands of people to the central ideas which unite Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of ...
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Episode 3
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1:03:12
Simon Blackburn on Philosophy, Truth and Morality | Episode 2
Simon Blackburn is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is a Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, University of Cambridge who is well known for his contribution to meta-ethics (where he defends quasi-realism) and for his excellent introdu...
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Episode 2
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52:38
Joel David Hamkins on Infinity, Gödel's Theorems and Set Theory | Episode 1
Joel David Hamkins is an American Mathematician who is currently Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford. He is well known for his important contributions in the fields of Mathematical Logic, Set Theory and Philosophy of Mathematics. Mor...
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Episode 1
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1:16:49
