The Grindstone

To kick off the long-awaited second season of The Grindstone , we welcome to the studios Dr. Lacey Davidson , who graduated with her PhD from Purdue just this past summer! Dr. Davidson is now a Visiting Assistant Professor at California Lutheran University. In this episode, we discuss how one of her first philosophy courses challenged her worldview, critical philosophy and philosophy born of strug...

For the Season 1 finale of The Grindstone , we dip into the archive to share our interview with Purdue Philosophy grad Tom Scholl . Tom joined us last fall while he was in town for the Scholl Lecture Series, which he sponsors. Tom discusses his journey from starting out as an Electrical Engineering major to graduating with a Philosophy degree, Purdue University in the late '60s, what he might do d...

Dr. Andrew Iliadis, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Production in the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University, joins The Grindstone to discuss his background in philosophy and communication, navigating interdisciplinary spaces as a grad student and as faculty, Gilbert Simondon and the philosophy of information, web 3.0, metadata ontologies, and the social and eth...

Dr. Taylor Davis, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University, discusses his journey from undergrad psychology major to being an evolutionary psychology expert in a philosophy department, the challenges of incorporating theory into an observational science, the dual inheritance theory, and how norms of sustainability are, and can be, developed. Sadly, there are no digr...

Dr. Sally Scholz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Villanova University, discusses her experience as a graduate student at Purdue, working at a shelter for victims of domestic violence before she began her career at Villanova, the importance of having hobbies outside of philosophy (including reading novels!), and the concept of political solidarity. There is also a slight dig...

Dr. Christopher Yeomans, Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University, discusses his path to becoming a philosopher, critical theory and Hegel's aesthetic philosophy, the role of philosophy in the data sciences, Kantian moral philosophy, and internet trolls. There is also mention of Tony La Russa and Oakland A's baseball in the early '90s! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Welcome to The Grindstone ! Check out the trailer for our first season, which introduces the podcast and shares some soundbites from our upcoming episodes. Our first full length episode will air on 24 April 2019. We will continue to release episodes on Wednesdays. Thanks for listening!   The Grindstone was created, and is hosted and produced by Matthew Kroll. Reyes Espinoza mixes and co-produ...