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Alison Gopnik on the Imagination

What is the role of the imagination? Why do we have imagination at all? Alison Gopnik, who is both a philosopher and a psychologist, author of The Philosophical Baby, discusses the special links between imagination and causation in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

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John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar

Do children have an innate pre-disposition to make certain sorts of moral judgement? Is there such a think as a universal moral grammar? John Mikhail of Georgetown University suspects that there is an innate basis to our morality analogous to Noam Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device. He explains why in conversation with David Edmonds.

Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy

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Bio-Ethics Bites series launched

A new 10-part podcast series, Bio-Ethics Bites, funded by the Wellcome Institute and made in association with the Oxford University Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics has just launched, made by the Philosophy Bites team Daivd Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Interviews with Jeff McMahan and Julian Savulescu are already available, with Peter Singer, Nick Bostrom,  Onora O'Neill and others in the pipeline. Episodes will be released monthly.

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Listen to Jeff McMahan on Moral Status

Listen to Julian Savulescu on Designer Babies