Today we’re releasing one of Ideas Roadshow’s short documentaries for free for a limited time. This film features eight professional philosophers sharing thoughtful, behind-the-scenes insights into what first attracted them, and what still attracts them, to the philosophical life. They give their unique perspective on what it means to think philosophically to provide a sense of how basic philosophical approaches are directly relevant to all of us.
What sorts of people become philosophers? What types of questions are they intrigued by? And how does philosophy help them best address those questions?
Featured researchers:
Mark Bevir, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
James Robert Brown, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Patricia Churchland, Professor of Philosophy, UC San Diego
Brian Epstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.
Nita Farahany, Robert O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Duke University
Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, University of Sheffield
Scott Soames, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, USC
Susan Wolf, the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy, UNC Chapel Hill
