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Philosophy Talk Today's show: Philosophy in Fiction

Philosophers think a lot about fiction. But do novelists think about philosophy? Do philosophers make good fictional characters? Can good stories be built around philosophical problems? When awarding its Genius prize to philosopher-novelist Rebecca Goldstein, the MacArthur Foundation ...said "[her] writings emerge as brilliant arguments for the belief that fiction in our time may be the best vehicle for involving readers in questions of morality and existence.'' Ken and John explore philosophy in fiction with Rebecca Goldstein, author of "The Mind-Body Problem" and "36 Arguments for the Existence of God."

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This week's show: Philosophy in Fiction
Time:10:00AM Sunday, February 7th
Location:KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco and streaming live at www.kalw.org/listen.html
Sun at 8:27am
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Yes Ashima. There is also a podcast. We do charge a modest fee for downloads -- to help cover the cost of our operations.
Yesterday at 8:47am
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Philosophy Talk The Oscar picks are in -- but we want your nominations for the second annual Dionysus Awards, broadcast live from San Francisco on Sunday, February 28.

Philosophy Talk: The 2010 Dionysus Awards
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Submit your nominations now to comments@philosophytalk.org for the year's best and most philosophical films. Please explain what you find philosophically interesting about the nominated movie. We will ...
February 2 at 9:56am
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A Serious Man - and I'm serious about that, man.
February 4 at 1:58pm
Devon
Devon
We've had a couple of suggestions via email -- keep em coming to comments@philosophytak.org.
February 4 at 11:02pm
Philosophy Talk

Philosophy Talk just wrapped on two full-house tapings at the Marsh in San Francisco. Stay tuned to hear the programs on the air later this spring.

January 31 at 4:31pm
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Philosophy Talk Philosophical question of the day - Will you be at the live shows this Sunday at the Marsh in San Francisco? Buy tickets in advance on Brown Paper Tickets.

PHILOSOPHY TALK with Ken Taylor and John Perry
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January 29 at 12:22pm
Mo
Mo
Come to Chicago!
January 30 at 8:12am
Philosophy Talk
Philosophy Talk
Mo: You got any pull with anybody who can invite us to give a show in Chicago (and help us get on the air in Chicago)? We'd LOVE to visit Chicago and be on the air there.
January 30 at 2:29pm
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Philosophy Talk Don't miss our live tapings at the Marsh in San Francisco this Sunday.

What is a Wife? - Live at The Marsh!
Location:1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Time:12:00PM Sunday, January 31st
January 26 at 10:27am
Jennifer Kossmann Warren
Jennifer Kossmann Warren
Great points! And since history has a way of repeating itself, it will be nice to hear her talk about where the concept has been, where it has gone, and where it might be going.
January 29 at 10:22am
Carol Kirschenbaum
Carol Kirschenbaum
Marilyn Yalom...could she be the wife of that famous psychology professor and novelist? Nope, no joke.
January 31 at 5:21am
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Philosophy Talk Don't forget to tune in for tomorrow's show - "Nihilism and Meaning" with guest Hubert Dreyfus, co-author of the forthcoming "A Life Worth Living After the Death of God: Luring Back the Gods in Our Secular Age."

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The ancients believed in an enchanted universe – a universe suffused with meaning and purpose. But with the dawn of modernity, philosophy and science conspired together to disenchant the universe, to reveal it as entirely devoid of meaning and purpose. ...
January 23 at 6:23pm
Bhakti
Bhakti
can we burn an effigy of richard dawkins?
January 29 at 1:55pm
Michael Crass
Michael Crass
It has only the meaning individuals give it. Wishful thinking can't change that.
January 31 at 1:16pm
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Philosophy Talk Join Philosophy Talk and guest Paul Ekman for our second live recording session at The Marsh Theatre on Sunday January 31st: "Faces, Feelings, and Lies."

According to Proverbs, lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. But lies on human lips are as common as fleas on a dog. What is a lie? Are all untruths lies? Is lyin...g always immoral? Do our faces inevitably betray our lies? Join the hosts as they uncover the concept, practice, and detection of lies with pioneering psychologist Paul Ekman, author of "Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life" and "Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage."

Tickets and additional information at: http://themarsh.org/philosophy_01_31_10.html

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Faces, Feelings, and Lies - Live at The Marsh!
Time:3:00PM Sunday, January 31st
Location:1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
January 8 at 4:26pm
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Philosophy Talk Kierkegaard - This Sunday's show. Philosophy usually suggests a striving for rationality and objectivity. But the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard advocated subjectivity and the leap of faith – his conception of how an individual would believe in God or act in love. Kierkegaard, whose best-known work is Fear and Tr...embling, is often considered the father of Existentialism. Ken and John explore the life and thought of this passionate philosopher with Lanier Anderson from Stanford University.

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Kierkegaard
This Sunday's show
Time:10:00AM Sunday, January 10th
Location:In the Bay Area listen Live on fm 91.7 KALW
January 8 at 4:23pm
Ricky Tsay
Ricky Tsay
I'm listening to this episode now. Finally, you guys do something on a philosopher that matters! (the St. Augustine episode was great) I think focusing another episode out of Ken's list of most hated philosophers would bring you guys your highest ratings yet! The funniest part is when Ken says "and so Kierkegaard thinks that's really cool" after speaking on Abraham's call to sacrifice Issac.
January 16 at 5:41pm
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Philosophy Talk
You are confusing Ken and John. John is the one who dissed Kierkegaard. Ken loves all philosophers whose names begin with K including Kant, Kierkegaard, Kripke and even Kuhn!
January 17 at 9:48am
Ricky Tsay
Ricky Tsay
Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm a slacker fan. Sorry. The show is great!
January 17 at 2:12pm
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Philosophy Talk Join Philosophy Talk and guest Marilyn Yalom for our first of two live recording sessions at The Marsh Theatre on Sunday January 31st: "What is a Wife?"

Wives have been around since Eve, and the concept of being a wife has been embedded in cultures, religious practices, social customs and economic patterns of wildly dif...ferent sorts. Is there a core concept of what it is to be a wife? Is it a good concept, or one that deserves to be thrown on the junkpile of intellectual history -- like the concept of a witch -- because it perpetrates corrosive stereotypes of women? What conceptions of being a wife do Americans have today? Join John and Ken as they discuss wives and the concept of being a wife with Marilyn Yalom, author of "A History of the Wife."

Tickets and additional information at: http://themarsh.org/philosophy_01_31_10.html

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What is a Wife? - Live at The Marsh!
Time:12:00PM Sunday, January 31st
Location:1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
January 8 at 4:21pm
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Philosophy Talk Check out blog entry on the Philosophy Talk Philosophical Top Ten list for the 21st Century, generated on the occasion of our two hundredth episode.

Philosophy Talk: The Blog: Move Over Letterman: A Philosophical Top 10 LIst for the 21st Century
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To mark the occasion of our200th episode, we invited three former guests, Brian Leiter, Jenann Ismael, and Martha Nussbaum, and also our listeners to help us come up with a list of the10 most pressing philosophical issues of the 21st Century. ...
December 18, 2009 at 1:08pm
Rabbi
Rabbi
This past week they debated the death penalty
December 18, 2009 at 1:25pm
Mickey
Mickey
In most of the world, the death penalty was a philosophical issue for the 20th century...
December 18, 2009 at 2:43pm
Carolina Rodríguez
Carolina Rodríguez
The one about Intellectual Property in the Age of Remix Culture is particularly relevant nowadays, and even more so to people like yours truly, who are in the art/design field.
December 20, 2009 at 2:44pm
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Philosophy Talk Some people think Jesus was the son of God, though many who are skeptical about that still think he was a great moral teacher. But if we really knew what Jesus would think about moral issues that he didn't confront while he lived – abortion, terrorism, euthanasia, gay marriage or the destruction of old-growth redwoods ...– would it be that helpful? Would his moral vision have any implications for these issues?

Ken and John discuss the moral philosophy of Jesus and its contemporary relevance with Andrew Fiala, Director of the Ethics Center at Fresno State University and author of "What Would Jesus Really Do? The Power and Limits of Jesus' Moral Teachings."

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California.

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How Relevant Is Jesus?
This Sunday's show
Time:10:00AM Sunday, December 20th
Location:In the Bay Area listen Live on fm 91.7 KALW
December 18, 2009 at 12:42pm
Marco Camacho-Rodriguez
Marco Camacho-Rodriguez
There are many hot topics that Jesus didn't address while he was here on earth... but I believe that despite the lack of biblical information regarding these specific controversial issues, that Jesus succeeded in answering the real question, one that resonates behind all the moral issues mentioned above... Ethics. How can we distinguish between ... See Morewhat is right and what is wrong? His message is clear, there is no righteousness in man.. man is to be grounded in the power that constituted his existence, only then will he become righteous... Kierkegaard said it best... Man is a synthesis of the finite and the infinite... man is not yet a self until he is transparently grounded in the power that constituted his existence. Salvation - is a journey of self-amelioration... uniting our present (finite-definite) selves with our (infinite-indefinite) selves... we cannot accept Jesus as being "just a man/messenger". He is either a.) The Son of God, as supported in the Gospel Records (Who he says he is) or b.) a complete wack job... We cannot accept his teachings which derive from the Gospel Records, when the Gospel Records themselves state that Jesus considered himself to be the Son of God... Anyways, yeah it sucks that I missed this radio broadcast on the relevance of Jesus... I wish I knew about this radio station sooner... :(
January 20 at 10:11pm
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Philosophy Talk Broadcast Schedule for January through March
Philosophy Talk Program Descriptions January-March 2010 1/03/10 Is It Wrong to Wreck the Earth...
December 7, 2009 at 8:46am
Carolina Rodríguez
Carolina Rodríguez
Looking forward to it, I hope I'm not forced to miss any show!!
December 7, 2009 at 12:42pm
Brett Cannon
Brett Cannon
Keep it coming.
December 7, 2009 at 12:49pm
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Philosophy Talk Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago. His theory of evolution continues to shape our thinking, not only in biology, but also in psychology, economics, and all other attempts to understand human beings including philosophy. Ken and John delve into Darwin's theory and its implications for philosophy with Daniel Dennet...t of Tufts University, author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea.

In the Bay Area listen Live on fm 91.7 KALW or stream live at: http://www.kalw.org/listen.html

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Darwin
This Sunday's show
Time:10:00AM Sunday, December 6th
Location:In the Bay Area listen Live on fm 91.7 KALW
December 4, 2009 at 5:09pm
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Philosophy Talk Get Philosophy Talk broadcast LIVE on your iPhone with the Public Radio Player app! Or listen to us rebroadcast on any participating station . . .

Public Radio Player
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We live in a world of choices: whether you’re browsing grocery store aisles, or deciding what to listen to on your commute home. Sometimes it’s fun to pick out what you like, and sometimes it’s exhausting. ...
December 4, 2009 at 1:14pm
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This is, by the way, a FREE app, which will give you access to ANY public radio broadcast on any public radio station in the country. So if you have an iphone, then you can listen to live broadcasts of Philosophy Talk, no matter where you are, by tuning to KALW, our host station, at 10 AM PST.

The Public Radio Player for the iphone also makes available an on-demand stream (not download) for dozens of programs. We're working on setting up a rotating stream of our own. Stay tuned for more information.

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December 5, 2009 at 6:37am
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Philosophy Talk More thoughtful gifts: specially priced holiday five-packs now available for the philosopher on your list!

Give the Gift of Thought
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Get five episodes for the price of four! Choose from: Five Philosophical Greats, Justice and Society, Reason and Religion, and Where Is My Mind?
November 30, 2009 at 6:01pm
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December 3, 2009 at 8:33am
Tom Merle
Tom Merle
I can't believe you have more than 20 buyers per month of your podcasts @ three bucks a show, and they're mostly other profs and pastors like Jennifer who put it on their expense accounts. What a waste that you go to so much effort to tape the shows and such a small percentage of would be listeners hear the exchanges in the Bay Area. Streaming is by its very nature inconvenient.
December 4, 2009 at 4:55pm