Recorded on 2020-03-10
Our guest on this podcast is Jacob Stegenga, the author of Care and Cure and Medical Nihilism. We discuss the effectiveness of medical interventions, the relationship between philosophers and practitioners, how to deal with complexity, the nature of sexual desire, and much more. In this episode: How do doctors and other medical professionals respond to the argument for medical […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2019-02-12
Die Quantenmechanik gibt bis heute philosophische Denkrätsel auf. Denn die Vorgänge in der Quantenwelt scheinen der für uns jederzeit und überall wahrnehmbaren Realität im Makrokosmos zu widersprechen. Mit dem Quantenphysiker Markus Arndt talkt Susanne Päch vor allem über die erkenntnistheoretischen Hintergründe von Theorie und Experiment. Eine Produktion der mce mediacomeurope GmbH, Grünwald, im Auftrag von […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2018-09-30
Join Ben Lima for a conversation on the topics of morality and philosophy with Mark Johnson, influential philosophy author and Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson.
Listen ->Recorded on 2018-09-19
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Stephen Asma, a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he is also Senior Fellow of the Research Group in Mind, Science and Culture. Asma is the author of ten books, including The Evolution of Imagination (University of Chicago Press, 2017), The Evolution of Mind: Affective Roots […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2018-09-06
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Stephen Asma, a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he is also Senior Fellow of the Research Group in Mind, Science and Culture. Asma is the author of ten books, including The Evolution of Imagination (University of Chicago Press, 2017), The Evolution of Mind: Affective Roots […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2018-08-16
Our guest on this episode is Martin Powers, the Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, and the author most recently of China and England: the Preindustrial Struggle for Justice in Word and Image. In Part One: Growing up in Back of the Yards, Chicago, the first person […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2018-08-13
Our guest on this episode is Martin Powers, the Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, and the author most recently of China and England: the Preindustrial Struggle for Justice in Word and Image. In Part One: Growing up in Back of the Yards, Chicago, the first person […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2016-12-13
Ruth Jarman, from the duo Semiconductor, talks about how she and Joe Gerhardt are, in their art, looking for the language of science and man signature in nature. This journey is then built into their animation films and sound works. She presents and discusses their approach to art and to art and science collaborations and […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2016-05-24
The first Other Planes podcast features Chicago-based author, filmmaker and innovator Ytasha Womack, author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and director of the black science fiction film Bar Star City.
Listen ->Recorded on 2016-05-09
Collin Steinmetz of the Ilumi lighting company, www.ilumi.com, discusses with Cassini Nazir of the ArtSciLab at UT Dallas the disruptive technologies in the lighting industry. Ilumi uses the motto “Live Your Light” to make the point that we underestimate the impact of lighting design on individuals. Ilumi sells a number of products for consumers and […]
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