The Grindstone

In the final episode of season five, Purdue undergraduate Bridget Arnold sits down with Scott Hutcheson. Dr Hutcheson is a senior lecturer and program coordinator at Purdue University. His most recent book, “Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership”, was widely considered one of the best business books of the 2019. Topics covered include what philosophy can teach us about being better...

In this episode of the Grindstone, Jonah Falcone sits down with Jeff Brower, a professor of philosophy at Purdue University. The focus of this interview is to discuss Dr. Brower’s latest book, “Aquinas’s Ontology of the Material World”. This episode is mainly concerned with how Dr. Brower interprets Aquinas’ views on the fundamental reality of both the material and immaterial world. Topics discuss...

In this episode, Lael Keller has two special guests: Joe Schmid and Paul Draper. Joe Schmid received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Purdue University and has went on to the PhD program at Princeton University. In this episode, he details his rapid success, which includes publishing two books as well as starting a very successful YouTube channel. Dr. Draper is a professor of philosophy...

Do you ever find yourself wondering how a few undergraduate philosophy students might summarize the whole history of philosophy in less than an hour? Well, if that’s something that sounds interesting to you then this is your lucky day. In this episode of the Grindstone, Lael Keller, Jonah Falcone, and Mert Kiroglu introduce the subject of philosophy by explaining how it has developed from the Pre-...

In this relaxed introduction, Purdue undergraduates Lael Keller, Jonah Falcone, Mert Kiroglu, and Mo Hunt introduce themselves as new members of the Grindstone team. They discuss what to expect for season five of the Grindstone, as well as what philosophical topics they are interested in, their favorite classes at Purdue, and some tips for beginning to read philosophical works.  Hosted on Aca...

In the final episode of The Grindstone 's COVID-19 series, our guests share their thoughts on how this pandemic is changing, will change, and could change the world...for better and for worse. Topics of discussion include technology’s role in our experience of this pandemic, what the economic crisis might mean for the future, what we can expect as we return to school, when we can expect things to...

In the sixth episode of  The Grindstone 's COVID-19 Series, we explore the economic impact of the pandemic. We begin by revisiting the dilemma of choosing between our physiological and economic health. We then examine three specific aspects of the economy: the macroeconomic concern with the job market and current unemployment rates in the US; global food supply chains and the workers that com...

In the fifth episode of  The Grindstone 's COVID-19 Series, we consider our bodies and minds as they experience illness and the current pandemic. To do this, we first share some personal stories about times in our lives when we experienced severe illness. We talk to Purdue Philosophy graduate student Tom Doyle about the phenomenology of illness, quiet and loud bodies, the concept of 'dis-ease...

In the fourth episode of  The Grindstone 's COVID-19 Series, we return to our typical interview format to speak with Dr. Faithe Day, Assistant Director of COVID Black: A Taskforce on Black Health and Data. We discuss the COVID Black Taskforce, its mission, and how it was formed; the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black essential workers; environmental factors in healthcare inequities in c...

In the third episode of  The Grindstone 's COVID-19 Series, we look at how hospitals, and healthcare systems generally, responded to, were effected by, and may eventually change due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. We also consider the inequities and disparities in how certain populations, particularly here in the United States, have been effected by COVID-19. Today's episode features retur...

In the second full-length episode of  The Grindstone 's COVID-19 Series, we look at the disease itself, and put it into historical context. We begin by talking with experts about viruses in general, the ability of COVID-19 to make its way around the world so quickly, and why this only emphasizes our need to be diligent when going out into the world where physical distancing and wearing face m...

In this, the first full-length episode of The Grindstone 's COVID-19 Series, we start with some ethical questions. We start with considerations of moral dilemmas in a broader, philosophical sense. We then drill down to talk about the moral dilemma inherent in determining whether or not to shut down the economy as a response to the pandemic, and the different short- and long-term consequences this...

The Grindstone is releasing a COVID-19 series over the next few weeks. Today we introduce the series, which will sound quite different from our typical format, and share the story of how it came to be and how we recorded it. We also wanted to take a moment to say hello to all of you, and that we hope you all are staying healthy and safe out there. Check out the first full-length episode from our C...

We have a special bonus episode of The Grindstone today! Years ago, Matthew interviewed Dr. Andrew Cutrofello, Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, during Dr. Cutrofello's visit to Purdue to give an Illuminations Lecture. We video recorded this interview on 21 November 2013. Consider this a basement tape, a demo of sorts. The audio is a little quiet in places as we converted it fr...

On Wednesday, 21 August 2019, The Grindstone set up a table in the Purdue Memorial Mall as part of the College of Liberal Arts' Celebrate Liberal Arts Week. This week was itself part of the larger "150 Years of Giant Leaps" sesquicentennial celebration of Purdue University. We asked students and other passersby what they think philosophy is, whether or not they have taken philosophy classes, and g...

This week, just a quick update from The Grindstone . We look ahead to upcoming episodes that will drop in the next couple weeks, and future content we are currently planning. Most of all we just want to say thank you for listening, and that we hope this finds you all healthy and safe. Take care of yourselves and each other! (Full episodes returning Friday, 24 April 2020.) Hosted on Acast. See acas...

This episode of The Grindstone features the lecture given by Richard McKirahan (Pomona College) at Purdue University on Saturday, 27 April 2019. The lecture was given at a conference honoring the career of Dr. Patricia Curd, Professor Emerita of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue. The title of the lecture is: "An Aristotelianizing Parmenides". In this talk, Dr. McKirahan discusses the historic...

This episode of The Grindstone features the lecture given by Daniel Frank (Purdue University) at Purdue University on Friday, 26 April 2019. The lecture was given at a conference honoring the career of Dr. Patricia Curd, Professor Emerita of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue. The title of the lecture is: "Wisdom, Piety, and Superhuman Virtue". Dr. Frank's abstract of the talk is below: This p...

This episode of The Grindstone features the lecture given by Alexander Nehamas (Princeton University) at Purdue University on Friday, 26 April 2019. The lecture was given at a conference honoring the career of Dr. Patricia Curd, Professor Emerita of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue. The title of the lecture is: "The Academy at Work: Dialectic in the Parmenides ". Dr. Nehamas' abstract of the...

This episode of The Grindstone features the lecture given by Carl Huffman (DePauw University) at Purdue University on Saturday, 27 April 2019. The lecture was given at a conference honoring the career of Dr. Patricia Curd, Professor Emerita of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue. The title of the lecture is: "Pythagorean Ethics in the Time of Plato". Dr. Huffman's abstract of the talk is below:...

This episode of The Grindstone features the lecture given by Vanessa de Harven (UMass-Amherst) at Purdue University on Saturday, 27 April 2019. The lecture was given at a conference honoring the career of Dr. Patricia Curd, Professor Emerita of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue. The title of the lecture is: "Plato, The Last Presocratic: Remarks on Republic V in honor of Pat Curd". Dr. de Harv...

Welcome to PatFest...Patapalooza...the PatBash...Call it what you will, this series features lectures in honor of Dr. Patricia Curd - a luminary in the field of ancient philosophy who retired from Purdue last spring (2019). Over two days, 26-27 April 2019, a group of preeminent scholars of ancient philosophy gathered here in West Lafayette, IN, to give talks in honor of Dr. Curd's work and career....

The Grindstone is back! Starting tomorrow we will be posting lectures given in honor of Dr. Patricia Curd, preeminent scholar of Ancient Philosophy, who retired from Purdue University's Department of Philosophy in Spring 2019. We will be dropping these episodes on Friday, starting with an introduction to the series tomorrow, Friday, 6 March 2020. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

This week we welcome the Joyce & Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University, Dr. Mark Bernstein. Dr. Bernstein tells us the story of how he went from being an undergrad math major to being a metaphysician as a grad student and early in his professional career to ultimately being an expert in animal ethics. We then discuss the moment in his lif...

This week on The Grindstone we are joined by Dr. Daniel Kelly , Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University. Dr. Kelly shares his journey to a career in philosophy (inspired, in part, by his desire to organize his thoughts more effectively), his interest in the epistemic foundations of modern science and naturalistic approaches to philosophy of mind, the history of nat...