http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c88051mc Online items available Guide to Philosophy Talk SC1118 Jenny Johnson & Daniel Hartwig Department of Special Collections and University Archives September 2012 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to Philosophy Talk SC1118 SC1118 1 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Philosophy Talk creator: Taylor, Kenneth Allen, 1954- creator: Perry, John, 1943- creator: Landy, Joshua creator: Satz, Debra Identifier/Call Number: SC1118 Physical Description: 43008 megabyte(s)(478 computer files) Physical Description: 2.25 Linear Feet5 boxes Date (inclusive): 2002-2019 Language of Material: English Information about Access The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Ownership & Copyright Please contact Ken and John for questions regarding use and reproduction. Cite As [identification of item], Philosophy Talk (SC1118). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Scope and Contents Philosophy Talk is a talk radio program co-hosted by Stanford professors John Perry and Ken Taylor. The program deals both with fundamental problems of philosophy and with the works of famous philosophers, especially as these relate to our contemporary, day-to-day lives. Some of the wide range of topics of past programs include terrorism, Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive self-defense, Descartes, genetic engineering, and virtue. The program airs from the studios of KALW, 91.7 FM, Information Radio, San Francisco, California, and is produced by Ben Manilla Productions, Inc. on behalf of Stanford University, as part of its Humanities Outreach Initiative. The show focuses on one topic or famous philosopher for an hour at a time, with an invited guest who is an expert on the philosopher or area of philosophy in question. As with most philosophical discussions, each show usually provides some factual information about the topic, as well as methods and points of view that are helpful in thinking about the topic. The Philosophy Talk motto is, "the program that questions everything, except your intelligence." Subjects and Indexing Terms Philosophy and aesthetics Philosophy -- History Philosophy Taylor, Kenneth Allen, 1954- Perry, John, 1943- Landy, Joshua Satz, Debra Program audio 2002-2019 Pilot #1: Can Machines Think? 2002 Jan 1 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents Will Computers someday be able to have humanlike consciousnes and intelligence? Will they someday outstrip the thinking of humans? Would it matter if they did? Or is Artificial Intelligence on fundamentally the wrong track? Guide to Philosophy Talk SC1118 SC1118 2 Program audio 2002-2019 Pilot #2: Terrorism 2002 Jan 1 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents What is terrorism? Is terrorism morally worse than other forms of warfare. Was Truman's decision to drop the A-bomb and act of terrorism? Is the US a terrorist State? Is terrorism an insult the powerful use to deligitimate the only means of resistance open to the disempowered? Bush's Doctrine of Preemptive Self-Defense 2004 Jan 13 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note What is the difference between mere aggression and preemptive self defense? Can you really permissibly "defend" yourself against an attack that hasn't even begun? How does preemptive self defense differ from preventive war, from humanitarian intervention? Would You Want to Live Forever? 2004 Jan 20 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Pick your favorite age. You are healthy, career thriving, family intact (at least pretend!). Would you like to live forever at that age, in that health, with those friends and family members also living forever with you? Immortality, on earth? How about an extra fifty or one hundred years or two hundred beyond your present life expectancy? Race 2004 Jan 27 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Is race a discredited pseudo-scientific category? Or a real dimension of difference among humans? Or a socially constructed reality? What difference does it make? Marriage and the State 2004 Feb 3 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note With what right does the state say who can and cannot marry? The state has, at various times, said that people of different races cannot marry, that people of the same sex cannot marry, that no one can marry more than one person at at time. But with what legitimate authority can the state make such prohibitions? Patriotism versus Cosmopolitanism 2004 Feb 10 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Patriotism versus Comopolitanism: Is your loyalty to America and Americans more important than the common humanity you share with everyone on the globe? The Insanity Defense 2004 Feb 17 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Ken and John debate (use?) the insanity defense. What difference does it make if the person who commits a crime is, in one way or another, mentally ill? Does this make punishment illegitimate? Why is punishment, rather than therapy, ever legitimate? Which sorts of mental illness should exempt a criminal from punishment? Inability to know right from wrong? Inability to resist compulsion? Irrational depravity? Guide to Philosophy Talk SC1118 SC1118 3 Program audio 2002-2019 Drug Legalization 2004 Feb 24 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Ken and John discuss the philosophical issues underlying arguments for and against the legalization of drugs. Does America's drug problem rest on confused philosophy? Listen in and get more confused. Genetic Engineering and Cloning 2004 Mar 2 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Ken and John and Ken and John discuss cloning and the ethical issues surrounding genetic engineering. When is genetic manipulation morally permissible? For health? Beauty? Wit? What sorts of animals is it acceptable to clone? Should we ban stem cell research? Markets and Morality 2004 Mar 9 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Ken, John and Elizabeth Anderson take on the topic of markets and morality.Does the free market provide incentives for behavior that is problematic from a moral perspective?Or does the free market punish morally problematic behavior?Is respecting the free market itself moral, insofar as respecting the free market is also respecting individual freedom of choice? Nietzsche 2004 Mar 16 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Nietzsche. Ken and John and Ãœbermensch-at-large Brian Leiter discuss everyone's favorite syphilitic philosopher. Was he a mysogynistic Nazi-supporter, or an artistic visionary who sought to set us free from our moralistic chains? Boring radio is dead. Has Science Replaced Religion? 2004 Mar 23 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Has science replaced religion? Can one be religious and maintain a scientific viewpoint? Does belief in evolution undermine morality or belief in God, or vice versa? Ken and John take on the big questions. Humor 2004 Mar 30 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Ken, John and guest Ted Cohen , author of Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters discuss the philosophical aspects of humor. What is humor? What makes some jokes funny? Why did the chicken cross the road? Tune in for deep thoughts and big laughs. Consciousness 2004 Apr 6 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Is the conscious mind just the brain or something more? Can science explain consciousness? How does Ken know that John is a conscious being and not just an automaton programmed to act like a conscious being? Or is John just an automaton?Is the conscious mind just the brain or something more? Can science explain consciousness? How does Ken know that John is a conscious being and not just an automaton programmed to act like a conscious being? Or is John just an automaton? Guide to Philosophy Talk SC1118 SC1118 4 Program audio 2002-2019 Taxation 2004 Apr 13 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note How is taxation different from stealing? What right does the government have to take some of our money? No taxation without representation? What difference does representation make? Baseball 2004 Apr 27 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note What can we learn from baseball? Are the passions we have for our baseball teams and heroes irrational? If so, what makes passions for families, cities, countries, universities, or radio stations more rational? Are all allegiances and loyalties ultimately arbitrary? Eminent Kant scholar and baseball fan extraordinare Allen Wood visits. Whose Language Is It? 2004 May 4 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Is there a right and a wrong way to speak English? Is there really something wrong with saying, "Hopefully, we'll have a good century?" or "Where is the library at?", or "There is no way to correctly split an infinitive." Is grammatical purity just snobbism? Animal Rights 2004 May 11 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note We shouldn't be mean to animals. Is that because animals have rights, like people do? Or is it just because people care about animals? Is it intrinsically worse to step on dog than on a spider? Meaning of Life 2004 May 18 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note Does life have a meaning? If we were created by a powerful God, would that give our lives meaning? Who gave God's existence meaning? What if we were created by a crazy scientist wholly for the purpose of irritating his or her spouse? Terrorism 2004 Jun 1 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3) Scope and Contents note We like to think that terrorism is always wrong.