Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society

Fabian Freyenhagen is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Essex, having previously taught at Sheffield and Cambridge. Apart from articles and a forthcoming book on Adorno’s (practical) philosophy, he has also published on Kant and Hegel as well as on contemporary political philosophy. He has co-edited two books (Disputing the Political: Habermas and Rawls, with Gordon Finlayson; and The Legacy of John Rawls, with Thom Brooks). He is Co-Investigator of a major AHRC-funded research initiative, the Essex Autonomy Project (http://autonomy.essex.ac.uk), and has also published in this area. This podcast is an audio recording of Fabian's talk - "Ethical (Self-)Critique" - at the Aristotelian Society on 29 April 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Ian Phillips is a Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at University College London. Before that he was a Fellow by Examination at All Souls College, Oxford University. Ian is the author of numerous articles in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, one of which was recently awarded the William James Prize for Contributions to the Scientific Study of Consciousness. He is currently writing a book on our experience of time. This podcast is an audio recording of Ian's talk - "Perceiving the Passing of Time" - at the Aristotelian Society on 22 April 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Rowan Cruft has taught philosophy at the University of Stirling since 2002. He has published articles on the nature and justification of rights and duties, focusing on comparisons between different forms of right: human rights, contractual rights, property rights, legal rights. He is co-editor of Crime, Punishment and Responsibility: the jurisprudence of Antony Duff (OUP 2011), and is currently co-editing OUP’s Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (forthcoming 2014). This podcast is an audio recording of Rowan's talk - "Why is it Disrespectful to Violate Rights?" - at the Aristotelian Society on 4 March 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

John Carriero is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Between two Worlds: a Reading of Descartes’s “Meditations” (2009) and co-editor with Janet Broughton of A Companion to Descartes (2008). He is especially interested in understanding early modern rationalist thought as the outgrowth of the seventeenth-century collision between the new science and Aristotelianism. His essays “Spinoza on Final Causality” (2005) and “Substance and Ends” (2008) are two significant contributions to that project. This podcast is an audio recording of John's talk - "Epistemology Past and Present" - at the Aristotelian Society on 18 February 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Josh Parsons was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and studied at Victoria University, Wellington before moving to Australia to do his PhD at the Australian National University. He worked at the Arché research centre, University of St Andrews (2001- 2004; after leaving he retained an honorary position at St Andrews until 2010); University of California, Davis (2004-2005); and Otago University (2006-2011). Josh returned to the UK to take up a lecturership at Oxford University in December 2011. This podcast is an audio recording of Josh's talk - "Presupposition, Disagreement and Predicates of Taste" - at the Aristotelian Society on 4 February 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Tom Stern is a Lecturer in Philosophy at University College London, where he is also the Academic Director of the European Social and Political Studies programme. Before starting at UCL, he studied at Cambridge and at the University of Chicago. His research interests include Nietzsche and aesthetics. As regards Nietzsche, he has written a number of articles exploring various candidates for a positive ethics in Nietzsche’s philosophy. These include discussions of the concept of the Übermensch, of Eternal Recurrence, of Nietzsche’s conception of freedom and (for the Aristotelian Society) of amor fati. As regards aesthetics, his book – Philosophy and Theatre (Routledge) – is forthcoming in 2013. This podcast is an audio recording of Tom's talk - "Nietzsche, Amor Fati and The Gay Science" - at the Aristotelian Society on 21 January 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Clare Chambers is University Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Her field is political philosophy, particularly feminist and liberal theories of justice, equality, autonomy, culture, family and the body. Clare is the author of two books: Sex, Culture, and Justice: The Limits of Choice (Penn State University Press, 2008) and, with Phil Parvin, Political Philosophy: A Complete Introduction (Hodder, forthcoming 2012). She has also written numerous articles and chapters on feminist and liberal political philosophy. This podcast is an audio recording of Clare's talk - "The Marriage-Free State" - at the Aristotelian Society on 7 January 2013. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Before coming to King’s College London, Maria Alvarez was a lecturer at the University of Southampton, having previously taught at the universities of Oxford and Reading. Maria is also a member of the Executive Committee of the British Philosophical Association. Her research interests include the philosophy of action, including the metaphysics and explanation of actions, reasons for action, agent causation, and the problem of free will and moral responsibility. This podcast is an audio recording of Maria's talk - "Agency and Two-Way Powers" - at the Aristotelian Society on 10 December 2012. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Angela Breitenbach is a Lecturer in the Philosophy Faculty at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the history of modern philosophy, in particular the philosophy of Kant, as well as questions in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and aesthetics. She has published on various aspects of Kant’s philosophy, and is the author of Die Analogie von Vernunft und Natur (The Analogy of Reason and Nature, de Gruyter 2009). Angela was educated in Cambridge and Berlin, and held a Junior Research Fellowship at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She spent the last three years as a Lecturer at the University of East Anglia before moving to Cambridge in October 2012. This podcast is an audio recording of Angela's talk - "Aesthetics in Science: A Kantian Proposal" - at the Aristotelian Society on 3 December 2012. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Guy Longworth is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on the nature of linguistic understanding and its role in the communication of knowledge. He has also written on testimony, generative linguistics, and the work of J. L. Austin. This podcast is an audio recording of Guy Longworth's talk - "Sharing Thoughts About Oneself" - at the Aristotelian Society on 19 November 2012. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.