psychology
September podcast
In this edition, tpm editor-in-chief Julian Baggini talks to philosopher of biology John Dupré and the problems with genes, and the Nobel-prize winning Amartya Sen about the idea of Justice. Plus, guest reporter Antonia Macaro discusses Wittgenstein and therapy with John Heaton.
August podcast
This summer special is an edited recording of a discussion chaired by tpm editor Julian Baggini in April on addiction: should we penalise or treat? The panel comprised: Dr Nick Airey, an NHS psychiatrist specialising in addiction, John Moore (Criminology, University of the West of England), Dr Giles Pearson, (Philosophy, University of Bristol), Dr Jon Webber (Philosophy, Cardiff University).
Why have UFOs changed speed over the years?
UFOs used to move a lot faster. Martin S. Kottmeyer asks why.
Counsel of despair?
Julian Baggini assesses the mental health of philosophical counselling
March podcast
In this four-star edition, tpm editor Julian Baggini talks over the background hubbub of hotel bars and conference lunch tables with Jerry Fodor about what Darwin got wrong; Ben Goldacre on good philosophy and bad science; Michael Sandel on the problem with secular liberalism; and Philip Zimbardo on good people gone bad.
February podcast
In the latest philosophy monthly, tpm editor Julian Baggini is reporting on the debate surrounding the growth of the well-being agenda, and talking to the winner of the Lakatos prize for the philosophy of Science, Samir Okasha, about evolution.
Why Rousseau still matters
Christopher Bertram argues that understanding self-love is essential to solving the big political problems we face today
Sci-Phi: Rational decisions
Mathew Iredale discovers why myth-busting doesn’t work
Can one be Jung and wise?
Paul Bishop argues that there is a real philosophical heart to Carl Jung’s psychoanalysis
My philosophy: Susan Blackmore
Julian Baggini is taken on the trip of a lifetime
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