John Perry
Host Emeritus
John Perry is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Riverside, and Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of many honors and awards, including the Nicod and Humboldt Prizes. A popular lecturer, in 1990 he was awarded the Dinkelspiel Award for undergraduate teaching. He is the author of over 100 articles and books, including A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, Knowledge, Possibility, and Consciousness, and Reference and Reflexivity. He also has the internet’s most popular essay on procrastination.
Articles
Celebrating Our 500th Episode
22 June 2020
A Tribute to Ken Taylor
04 December 2019
Thoughts on Retirement
06 January 2018
Phenomenology
20 April 2017
Space, Time, and Space-time
01 April 2017
Take the Mirror Test
24 March 2017
Free Speech on Campus
25 February 2017
The Mystery of the Multiverse
22 October 2016
Trust and Mistrust
26 September 2016
Dewey's Democracy
22 September 2016
Do Religions Deserve Special Status?
07 September 2016
The Philosophy of Puns
28 July 2016
Struggles of Democracy
28 June 2016
Life as a Work of Art
02 June 2016
Lessons from the Trolley Problem
16 May 2016
How Many Children?
28 April 2016
Memes and the Evolution of Culture
20 April 2016
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
14 April 2016
Gun Control
23 March 2016
The Debt Crisis
24 February 2016
Religion and the Art of Living
28 January 2016
Sartre's Existentialism
13 January 2016
Truth & Other Fictions
27 December 2015
Good, Evil, and the Divine Plan
19 December 2015
Taoism
09 December 2015