Elucidations

Month: December 2015

  • Episode 78: Stephen Engstrom discusses the categorical imperative

    This month, we discuss the categorical imperative with Stephen Engstrom, professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. Click here to listen to our conversation. True to the Chicago tradition, we philosophers spend a lot of time asking — but perhaps not so much time answering — an everyday question: What’s the right thing to do? What’s…

  • Further reading on reasons

    Those of you who are interested in following up on the topic of our previous episode can take a look at the following two papers: Mark Schroeder, “Stakes, Withholding, and Pragmatic Encroachment” Mark Schroeder, “The Unity of Reasons” Happy reading! Matt Teichman