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Category: Podcasts
Paul Fairfield, philosopher and author, explores the human condition and our times in a series of reflections and (soon) interviews. Philosophy isn’t just for the classroom. It has a place in everyone’s world, and in these podcasts we discuss some of its more worldly applications and how it might apply to you.
Philosophy For Children Podcast
In this podcast Paul Fairfield asks, can you get children interested in philosophy? And if you could, would you want to? The point here isn’t to make your kids into professional philosophers. A child can come […]
Can Creative Thinking Be Taught? Podcast
In this podcast, Paul Fairfield discusses whether or not it is possible to teach creativity effectively. What role, if any, does formal education play in fostering creative thought or artistic talent? How much does creativity […]
Bring Back The Existentialists : Podcast
Existentialism was a movement in continental European philosophy that had its heyday in the early to middle decades of the twentieth century. It has since been superseded by some more recent developments, from hermeneutics and […]
Why is Bob Dylan The Greatest Songwriter? Podcast
Bob Dylan has been called everything from a genius to an enigma, the original singer-songwriter, “the Shakespeare of songwriting,” and “the poet of our time.” Saying someone is the greatest in their field is hardly […]
Death for Beginners : Podcast
In this podcast Paul Fairfield explores death, which is the mystery of mysteries. How should we think about death? Philosophers have been thinking about this for two and a half millennia. It is a subject of […]
The Art of Listening : Podcast
What is it to listen? In this podcast, Paul Fairfield, makes a case for the art of listening and discusses its importance. It seems we live in a culture where attention spans are shorter and […]
When You Get To The Top Of The Mountain – Then What? Podcast
In this podcast, Paul Fairfield examines what happens if you fail to think about moral decisions and responsibilities you will face when you get to the top of mountain. Failure to do so can result […]
Post-Truth, and What Ever Happened to Journalism? Podcast
We live in a time when truth seems under siege. Can journalism ever be objective or truthful? Has democracy been corrupted by manipulators and liars? Has our culture killed off truth or just rendered the […]
Philosophy – Who Is It Good For? Podcast
Welcome to our inaugural podcast! Soon we will be live on iTunes and Google Play. In this podcast, Paul Fairfield, Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario, addresses the questions, what is philosophy? […]
