Throughout its history there have been challenges to the status of philosophy. Paul Sagar discusses some of these in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation in making this podcast, and for donations from Patreon patrons.
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A dozen years on philosophy bites, hundreds of interviews.
But what can philosophy achieve?
Can it change anybody's mind?
Has this podcast series been a giant waste of time?
Paul Sagar is a philosopher skeptical about the power of philosophy.
Paul Sagar, welcome to philosophy bites.
Thanks for having me.
The topic we're going to focus on is scepticism about philosophy.
Now, this has got a long history.
People have been skeptical about philosophy almost from the moment it started.
Well, that's right.