ICYMI The Sixty-Second Philosopher on Maurice #MerleauPonty, the subject of this week's episode: youtu.be/YHF2AE_UoYw?... #PhilSky
It's #ElectionDay in six US states. Back in 2016, John & Ken questioned the duty to #vote with Stanford political scientist Emilee Chapman. A decade later, in a radically different political environment, how much of what she says holds true for you? on.soundcloud.com/rWwHvHzx7Z7i... #PhilSky #voting
TODAY: Josh and Ray sense a conversation with @taylorcarman.bsky.social from @barnardcollege.bsky.social, author of "Merleau-Ponty (Routledge Philosophers)" – 11 am on @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
Ahead of our next broadcast, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to talk to thinkers (and AI companions 🤖) who agree with Merleau-Ponty that the body is an essential part of consciousness, like @alvanoe.bsky.social of UC Berkeley and Corianne Rogalsky of ASU: youtu.be/Alx-OtHJBzs?... #PhilSky
Junebugs abide! Check out episodes feat. these June babies: Jürgen #Habermas (6/18/1929), Jean-Paul #Sartre (6/21/1905), Alan #Turing (6/23/1912), and Emma Goldman (6/27/1869), along with past guests Irv Yalom (6/13/1931) and the late Geoff Nunberg (6/1/1945).
philosophytalk.org/playlist/junebugs
German philosopher and social theorist Jürgen Habermas, who died earlier this year, has the distinction of being the only then-living figure to be the subject of one of our episodes. But he’s also jus...
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For French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, everything we perceive takes the form of a shape. You don’t just see green and splotches: you see a tree. Even before your rational brain gets its motor r...
John and Ken ask Stanford political scientist Emilee Chapman whether we always have a duty to vote.
More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/election-special-2016.
The Sixty-Second Philosopher has a new book: jackboulware.substack.com/p/i-gotta-go...
The late Geoff Nunberg was the guest on the very first episode of the program I ever heard. Of course he was already well-known (for a linguist 😇) from his commentaries on @npr.org. I met him a few years later when he joined us for this 2007 episode: philosophytalk.org/shows/weve-b... #PhilSky
Coming up: What is experience really like before reason changes everything? Josh & Ray sense a conversation with @taylorcarman.bsky.social from Barnard College, author of "Merleau-Ponty."
🎧 Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2026-06-05/merleau-ponty-and-perception
ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with @taylorcarman.bsky.social from Barnard College, author of "Merleau-Ponty (Routledge Philosophers)" is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/m... #PhilSky
