*CHAPTERS* 0:00:12 Introduction of Simon Blackburn 0:00:59 Childhood + Early education 0:05:31 Clifton College boarding school + Social class 0:07:38 Why Philosophy + “a rotten argument” in G.E. Moore's _Principia Ethica_ 0:17:15 Specialised vs. broader-range education 0:18:54 Influential teachers on the undergraduate at Trinity College: Casimir Lewy (supervisor), Ian Hacking, Richard Braithwaite 0:25:23 Bernard Williams 0:32:05 Influential peers at Trinity College: Edward Craig, Crispin Wright, _The Analysts_ society, Jonathan Bennett 0:35:22 Learning philosophy in dialogue 0:38:15 Good writers among the British philosophers 0:40:49 Getting an Oxford job in the early 70s 0:42:56 Cambridge vs. Oxford 0:50:27 Blackburn's work in the early 70s on the _uniformity of nature_ problem + Moral philosophy + Hume 0:54:41 Writing styles + Moore's agonisingly “constipated” style 0:57:09 Quasi-Realism + Emotivism + Derek Parfit + “the incursions of temperament on philosophical convictions” 1:14:21 Moral objectivity + The challenge of moral conflict + The godless universe 1:20:20 Richard Rorty's world of appearances + “Why truth is salvageable” + Pragmatism + Frank Ramsey + Epistemology 1:35:32 “Philosophy as a historical discipline” + Nietzsche + Roger Scruton + Edmund Burke 1:43:46 Philosophers' conflict between the “apparent” lived world vs. the scientific “real” world 1:48:18 Charles Taylor + Alasdair MacIntyre 1:50:58 Writing & Teaching 1:57:32 Good students of Philosophy + the genius of David Lewis + Herbert Hart + Ronald Dworkin 2:05:03 The Bernard Williams-Hilary Putnam debate 2:08:43 Philosophy of Mind + the _Hard Problem_ of Consciousness 2:11:53 “The re-invention of metaphysics” + J.L. Austin + Peter Strawson 2:15:41 Being the editor of the journal _Mind_ 2:19:31 “How do you find retirement?” 2:22:25 “If you were stranded on a desert island, ...” 2:25:34 9 quotes from Blackburn
*CHAPTERS*
0:00:12 Introduction of Simon Blackburn
0:00:59 Childhood + Early education
0:05:31 Clifton College boarding school + Social class
0:07:38 Why Philosophy + “a rotten argument” in G.E. Moore's _Principia Ethica_
0:17:15 Specialised vs. broader-range education
0:18:54 Influential teachers on the undergraduate at Trinity College: Casimir Lewy (supervisor), Ian Hacking, Richard Braithwaite
0:25:23 Bernard Williams
0:32:05 Influential peers at Trinity College: Edward Craig, Crispin Wright, _The Analysts_ society, Jonathan Bennett
0:35:22 Learning philosophy in dialogue
0:38:15 Good writers among the British philosophers
0:40:49 Getting an Oxford job in the early 70s
0:42:56 Cambridge vs. Oxford
0:50:27 Blackburn's work in the early 70s on the _uniformity of nature_ problem + Moral philosophy + Hume
0:54:41 Writing styles + Moore's agonisingly “constipated” style
0:57:09 Quasi-Realism + Emotivism + Derek Parfit + “the incursions of temperament on philosophical convictions”
1:14:21 Moral objectivity + The challenge of moral conflict + The godless universe
1:20:20 Richard Rorty's world of appearances + “Why truth is salvageable” + Pragmatism + Frank Ramsey + Epistemology
1:35:32 “Philosophy as a historical discipline” + Nietzsche + Roger Scruton + Edmund Burke
1:43:46 Philosophers' conflict between the “apparent” lived world vs. the scientific “real” world
1:48:18 Charles Taylor + Alasdair MacIntyre
1:50:58 Writing & Teaching
1:57:32 Good students of Philosophy + the genius of David Lewis + Herbert Hart + Ronald Dworkin
2:05:03 The Bernard Williams-Hilary Putnam debate
2:08:43 Philosophy of Mind + the _Hard Problem_ of Consciousness
2:11:53 “The re-invention of metaphysics” + J.L. Austin + Peter Strawson
2:15:41 Being the editor of the journal _Mind_
2:19:31 “How do you find retirement?”
2:22:25 “If you were stranded on a desert island, ...”
2:25:34 9 quotes from Blackburn
Thank you so much for this sensitive and fruitful experience.
Brilliant work Johnny. Thank you. I look forward to listening in full shortly.
This was a great conversation. Thanks.
Fascinating discussion. Thank you.
Thanks. I found that very rich. I would be interested to hear Simon Blackburn expand on his use of the word 'should' at 1.59.49