philosophy

#1274 Julian Kiverstein: 4E Cognition, Phenomenology, Culture, and Science

Jul 2, 2026

Dr. Julian Kiverstein is Senior Researcher at the Lemon Tree Center for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He is currently writing a monograph for Palgrave Macmillan entitled The Significance of Phenomenology, and editing a comprehensive handbook for Routledge Taylor Francis on the philosophy of the social mind. He is associate editor of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences and was until recently Book Review Editor for the Journal of Consciousness Studies. In 2006 he was one of the main architects of a successful cross disciplinary, Europe-wide project proposal on consciousness, part of the ESF Programme, Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context. More»
#1272 Arvid Ågren & Manus Patten: The Paradox of the Organism

Jun 26, 2026

Dr. Arvid Ågren is Assistant Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. At the Cleveland Clinic, he is affiliated with the Theory Division at the Lerner Research Institute. He is also an Affiliated Researcher at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. He is the author of The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution. More»
#1268 Christian Miller: The Honesty Crisis

Jun 18, 2026

Dr. Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. His research is primarily in contemporary ethics and philosophy of religion. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, Slate, Prospect Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Michael Hyatt Magazine, The Conversation, Newsweek, Aeon, Greater Good Magazine, Nautilus Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Institute of Art and Ideas, and Christianity Today. He’s the author of several books, the most recent one being The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World. More»
#1266 Robert Pantano (Pursuit of Wonder): The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Jun 12, 2026

Robert Pantano is the author of several books, including The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence, The Art of Living an Absurd Existence, and Notes from the End of Everything. He is also the writer and creator behind the YouTube channel and production house Pursuit of Wonder (@PursuitofWonder), where he explores philosophy, science, and literature through short stories, guided experiences, video essays, and more. His latest book is The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness: How Awareness Is the Beginning and End of Suffering. More»
#1263 Carl-Johan Palmqvist: Semi-Secular Worldviews and the Belief in Something Beyond

Jun 5, 2026

Dr. Carl-Johan Palmqvist is a Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at Lund University. He is a theoretical philosopher with a special interest in the borderland between belief and disbelief, and the many non-doxastic attitudes, like hope, fear, and faith, by which we navigate any context of uncertainty. He is the author of Semi-Secular Worldviews and the Belief in Something Beyond. More»
#1262 Amanda Sukenick: Antinatalism, Extinction, The Right to Die, Eugenics, & More

Jun 4, 2026

Amanda Sukenick is the host of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast (@exploringantinatalismpodcast), and co-author of Antinatalism, Extinction, and the End of Procreative Self-Corruption. More»
#1261 Neal Hebert & Jon Cogburn: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump, and the New Cynicism

Jun 1, 2026

Dr. Neal Hebert is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Grambling State University. More»
#1260 Émile Torres: The Risks of AI and Climate Change

May 29, 2026

Dr. Émile Torres is an affiliate at Data and Society. Their work over the past decade has centered around a single theme: eschatology, whether religious, secular, or scientific. Recently, their work has been focused on the nature and causes of human extinction, its ethical implications, and the history of the idea. They are the author of Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks, and their latest book is Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, a sprawling work of intellectual history, ethics, and population axiology. More»
#1256 Nathan King - The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life

May 21, 2026

Dr. Nathan King is Professor of Philosophy and Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair at Whitworth University. His scholarly work addresses such topics as intellectual virtue, business ethics, the philosophy of education, civil discourse, the epistemology of disagreement, and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life. More»
#1255 Teresa Baron: The Ethics of Procreation, Pronatalism, and Antinatalism

May 18, 2026

Dr. Teresa Baron is an Assistant Professor at Nottingham University working on reproductive ethics and philosophy of parenthood. She is the author of The Philosopher's Guide to Parenthood, Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility (with Dr. Christopher Cowley), and The Artificial Womb on Trial. She is currently writing on the ethics of ectogenic research and editing a new Handbook of Philosophy and the Family for Routledge. More»