Academic Philosophy | Guest: Sergey Levin [S01:E05]
Analytical philosopher Sergey Levin is a guest on the Insolarance podcast. We discuss academic philosophy. We explore the general nature of professional philosophy and discuss Greg Caruso and Derk Pereboom's concept of prison quarantine, which Sergey criticizes in his academic work.
Participants: Sergey Levin, Alexey Kardash.
Timecodes:
0:00 What does a professional philosopher do? Three key activities of an academic philosopher
2:44 On the importance of articles as a key characteristic of a professional philosopher
3:33 What is Sergey currently doing professionally? The beginning of the topic about prison quarantine
4:23 Caruso and Pereboom's positions on the lack of need for criminal liability due to the lack of free will
6:43 Critique of Caruso and Pereboom's positions on the rejection of criminal punishment in favor of treating criminals as sick people
9:10 The second aspect of criticism: on the internal contradiction in the issue of criminal liability
10:20 The third aspect of criticism: on one-off crimes
12:20 Do Pereboom and Caruso's positions legitimize revenge?
14:23 On desertion
15:30 On the problematic of publication activity
18:30 On the significance of publications
22:40 Text as the final authority on seriousness
23:20 Is there a trend toward improving the quality of public speaking?
25:58 Should the boundary between academic and popular thought be maintained? 27:30 On how much you need to read to write something
28:34 Do philosophers adapt existing ideas? How are new ideas born in philosophy?
29:56 On the continental approach to writing
30:55 On the crisis of ideas and the balance between reading and writing
33:16 On scientists who discuss philosophy
34:30 On science journalism
39:10 On universal criticism
40:15 Summary of the episode: What to read about prison quarantine?
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