NeuroDiving

We did it! We’ve arrived at the final episode of Season 1. This episode picks up where episode 6 left off, by diving even deeper into the question: what’s the relationship between empathy and morality? As always, you can find a (not Substack-generated) transcript of the episode, as well as a music-free remix, here . “Deliberative Empathy” In our last episode, we met Ryan. Ryan is a minister who ha...

We’re back! And this time, we’re turning our attention to another ambiguous concept that has long shaped public (mis)understandings of autism: empathy . As always, you can find a (not Substack-generated) transcript of the episode, as well as a music-free remix, here . “I choose to live life deliberately” Maybe you’ve heard the claim that autistic people “lack empathy.” Or maybe you’ve heard the op...

We’re rounding off our little mini-series on “theory of mind” in autism research with episode 5: “New Paradigms, New Values.” You can find a (not Substack-generated) transcript of the episode, as well as a music-free remix, here . We will be on hiatus over the holidays, while we cook up some more episodes about the relationship between empathy and autism. But in the meantime, I’ll continue to post...

It’s time for episode 4: “Zombie Pseudoscience”! You can find a nice (not Substack-generated) transcript of the episode, as well as a music-free remix, here . I know what you’ve been thinking (I have theory of mind, after all). You’ve been wondering, “When are they going to discuss Karl Popper? And Imre Lakatos? And goblins?” Well, in this week’s episode, we’re delighted to finally connect all thi...

Hi everyone! This week, we give you episode three: “Violins and Violas.” You can find a nice (not Substack-generated) transcript of episode 3, as well as a music-free remix, here . In this week’s episode, Joanna and I speak with the psychology researcher Tobi Abubakare about the bewildering history of psychology research connecting autism and theory of mind, as well as the harmful legacy of that r...

Hello again, and welcome back! I bet you weren’t expecting one of the “ four horsemen of New Atheism ” (a) to have come up with the most famous way of measuring “theory of mind” and (b) to appear on a neurodivergent philosophy podcast to discuss his smoldering hatred of the very concept of “theory of mind”—but here we are. You can find a nice (not Substack-generated) transcript of episode 2, as we...

My fellow neuro-divers, Joanna and I are thrilled to give you the first episode of NeuroDiving , "A Productive Irritant." You can find a nice (not Substack-generated) transcript of the episode, as well as a music-free remix, here . I know that you all are itching for that sweet, sweet "theory of mind" content. It's coming next week! But in this first episode, we give you some crucial background fo...

Hi! I'm Amelia (she/her). I'm a philosophy professor , and I'm autistic. A couple years ago, I teamed up with Joanna (she/her)--another neurodivergent philosophy professor--to create NeuroDiving , a philosophy podcast about neurodivergence . A philosophy podcast about neurodivergence? Joanna and I think that philosophy can help all of us think critically about difficult, fundamental questions rela...