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When Amaziah, Priest of the Shrine of Bethel, confronts the prophet Amos for conspiring against King Amaziah, Amos replies with a very specific denial: “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son.” And it’s hard to run for president of the United States without insisting early and often that “I’m not a politician.” What about philosophers? What happens when you ask a philosopher whether or not she’s a philosopher? We might find that out today as we talk with Rebekah Spera and David M. Peña-Guzman about their recent book Professional Philosophy and Its Myths from Lexington Books. And even if we don’t, I imagine we’ll find ourselves posing questions about the field that we call academic philosophy that are worth posing.
Nathan Gilmour interviews Matthew Lee Anderson about his 2013 book "The End of Our Exploring."
Todd Pedlar interviews Dr. Owen Gingerich, author of "God's Planet," published by Harvard University Press in 2014, on issues of science and religious belief.
Michial Farmer interviews Robert Erlewine about his new collection of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s writings, Thunder in the Soul.
