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Christopher Janaway on Nietzsche on Morality

Friedrich Nietzsche's The Genealogy of Morality presents a highly original account of the sources of our values. Christopher Janaway, author of Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy, discusses Nietzsche's influential book in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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Peter Cave on Paradoxes

Philosophers have always fascinated by paradoxes. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Nigel Warburton interviews Peter Cave about paradoxes and their relevance to philosophy.

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Adrian Moore on Kant's Metaphysics

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is a great but difficult work. In this interview for Philosophy Bites A.W. Moore gives an accessible account of the main themes of the book and explains what might have been motivating Kant's approach to metaphysics (no mean feat in under 20 minutes!).

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Barry C. Smith on Neuroscience

In this interview for Philosophy Bites Barry C. Smith, the new director of the Institute of Philosophy in London, discusses the impact of recent discoveries in neuroscience (including blind sight and mirror neurones) on our understanding of the mind and our senses.

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Philosophy Bites: Over 2 Million Downloads!

We've now had over 2 million downloads for episodes of our Philosophy Bites podcast. The interest in philosophy out there is quite amazing. We've got plenty more interviews lined up for the next few months (here are some of the guests/topics). Thanks for all your positive feedback.