Tag: Philosophy

  • The Meaning of Linguistics (Part Two)

    The Meaning of Linguistics (Part Two)

    The episode is about linguistics, from the research of Professor Newmeyer, a world-leading scholar on linguistics, and will look at the evolutionary origin of language; ‘The Politics of Linguistics’ (1986); ‘Autonomous linguistics’; how linguistics applies to understanding across cultural and sociological divides and how linguistic forms and grammatical features affect our thinking and conceptualisation. ACast…

  • The Meaning of Linguistics (Part One)

    The Meaning of Linguistics (Part One)

    Professor Frederick J Newmeyer join’s Ed Conroy to discuss the origins and development of human linguistics, as well as the political and cultural relevance of dialect and languages.

  • The Meaning of Peace & Pacifism (Part Two)

    The Meaning of Peace & Pacifism (Part Two)

    In this episode, Ed Conroy speaks with Professor Andrew Fiala, a leading Philosopher, on the subjects of Peace, Pacifism, Terrorism, War, Evil, Nation States, Just War Theory. As well as taking listener questions and 5 out of 10 Questions from the Questionnaire. ACast Embedded Player