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The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.

The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.

 

#242

Common sense vs reason: when philosophy gets weird

There are certain things about the world that we think we know for sure, and yet philosoph... more

07 May 2026

35 MINS

35:24

07 May 2026


#241

Adam Smith, economics and moral philosophy

Scottish philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) is often described as an arch capitalist, the ... more

30 Apr 2026

32 MINS

32:15

30 Apr 2026


#240

Can AIs be friends?

Artificial intelligence is beginning to revolutionise many aspects of human existence - bu... more

22 Apr 2026

36 MINS

36:19

22 Apr 2026


#239

Kant and religion

It's often claimed that the Enlightenment was a time when Europeans awoke from their super... more

15 Apr 2026

35 MINS

35:13

15 Apr 2026


#238

Speech acts and AI

Speech acts - utterances that have the power to make things happen in the world - are incr... more

09 Apr 2026

34 MINS

34:41

09 Apr 2026


#237

'Being a burden' and assisted dying

Caring for a terminally ill person can place huge pressure - financial, emotional, physica... more

01 Apr 2026

29 MINS

29:00

01 Apr 2026


#236

Sincerity, irony and metamodernism

The supposed evils of postmodern culture have been endlessly catalogued: moral relativism,... more

25 Mar 2026

38 MINS

38:07

25 Mar 2026


#235

Is it time to get rid of legal gender status?

Most of us have Male or Female registered on our birth certificates - but what does this c... more

18 Mar 2026

35 MINS

35:19

18 Mar 2026


#234

Medieval Jewish philosophy and the lessons of history

We secular moderns sometimes make the assumption that philosophy is what you do when you'r... more

11 Mar 2026

30 MINS

30:46

11 Mar 2026


#233

The reluctant feminist: Clara Zetkin and International Women's Day

Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) is widely celebrated as the founder of International Women's Day,... more

04 Mar 2026

37 MINS

37:43

04 Mar 2026


#232

Move fast, break everything: Nick Land and accelerationism

Nick Land is one of the more interesting contemporary philosophers, and one of the most di... more

26 Feb 2026

33 MINS

33:57

26 Feb 2026


#231

Can 'planetary civics' save us from techno-catastrophe?

Most of us are a little anxious these days - and for good reason, as advances in technolog... more

18 Feb 2026

43 MINS

43:26

18 Feb 2026


#230

Racism and racial regimes

It's a well-rehearsed argument that systemic, structural racism has more significant beari... more

11 Feb 2026

48 MINS

48:12

11 Feb 2026


#229

Do we still love art?

There has never been as much art around as there is today - digital tools are incredibly c... more

05 Feb 2026

35 MINS

35:57

05 Feb 2026


#228

Who am I? Individual and collective identity

The question of identity, and whether each of us is best understood as an individual or a ... more

29 Jan 2026

40 MINS

40:29

29 Jan 2026


#227

What's the point of education?

Of course, education has a point - but establishing exactly what that point is, can be a s... more

21 Jan 2026

28 MINS

28:28

21 Jan 2026


#226

Albert Camus, fascism and America

Living and writing through the years before, during and after the Second World War, French... more

14 Jan 2026

46 MINS

46:28

14 Jan 2026


#225

How feminism changed primatology

For decades, primatologists believed that primate societies were structured around aggress... more

07 Jan 2026

34 MINS

34:47

07 Jan 2026


#224

What's the time? Indigenous temporalities and the 'Everywhen'

We tend to think of time as a universal experience, something that carries us all along in... more

31 Dec 2025

29 MINS

29:57

31 Dec 2025


#223

Buddhism and nationalism

Buddhism in the West is often thought of as an ethical or philosophical system first and f... more

24 Dec 2025

32 MINS

32:42

24 Dec 2025


#222

Innocence and 'child rescue' in the colonial imagination

The forced removal of First Nations children from their families was active government pol... more

17 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:08

17 Dec 2025


#221

Distributed intelligence and the problem with 'doing your own research'

Conspiracy theorists are turning out to be a resilient bunch, and no amount of refutation ... more

10 Dec 2025

32 MINS

32:31

10 Dec 2025