Philosophy & What Matters. Ep. 25: The True and the Good with Simon Blackburn (Cambridge) 

"Philosophy & What Matters" deals with questions that matter to us from a philosophical point of view.
Simon Blackburn is one of the leading philosophers of this generation. His penetrating ideas about the nature of truth and the ultimate goal of morality are perhaps his lasting philosophical legacy. Professional philosophers know Professor Blackburn as the leading proponent of quasi-realism, a variant of moral expressivism, which provides a non-realist account of our moral discourses and practices. Non-professionals know him for his popular philosophy books such as Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Being Good: An Introduction to Ethics, and his most recent book, Truth, which focuses on ideas like, ‘post-truth’ and ‘fake news’.
To discuss his ideas on the true and the good, and why they matter, let us welcome Simon Blackburn -- Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Research Professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill, and Professor at the New College of the Humanities.
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