Bookshelves & Braincells
Delving into Bioethics, philosophy of mind, Developmental Economics and more, Bookshelves and Braincells explores the philosophical grounding of the cognitive enhancement debate and offers new, interdisciplinary perspectives from the Capability Approach
Podcasting since 2025 • 5 episodes
Bookshelves & Braincells
Latest Episodes
Health as Freedom: Decolonizing Medicine Through the Capability Approach
Is surviving enough—or should health mean freedom to live well? In this episode of Bookshelves and Braincells, host Nishanth Araveti brings the capability approach to bear on one of the most urgent issues of our time: h...
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Episode 5
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Parks, Plazas, and Possibility: Rethinking Public Space Through Capabilities
What if a sidewalk could shape your freedom? In this episode of Bookshelves and Braincells, host Nishanth Araveti reimagines New York City’s public spaces—not as passive amenities or square footage on a planner’s map, but as active...
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Episode 4
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Eco-Logics of Freedom: Why Justice Isn’t Just Clean Water
What if clean air wasn’t just about pollution levels, and water access wasn’t just a distributional issue—but a question of freedom? In this sweeping episode of Bookshelves & Braincells, host Nishanth Araveti reframes envi...
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Episode 3
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Neuroenhancement or Neurodiversity?: Education, BCIs, and the Capability Approach
What happens when brain-computer interfaces promise to revolutionize learning—but risk flattening the richness of human thought? In this episode of Bookshelves & Brains, host Nishanth Araveti explores how the capability approach...
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