The Philosopher's Nest

By: Lewis Williams and Kyle van Oosterum
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  • The Philosopher's Nest is a podcast created by Kyle van Oosterum and Lewis Williams, two graduate students in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Our podcast is dedicated to showcasing the work, insights, and experiences of graduate students in philosophy. In each episode we talk with a different graduate philosophy student about their research and their views on the discipline of philosophy as it is practised today.
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  • S3E11 - Julian Ratcliffe on Genealogical Anxiety and Analytic and Continental Philosophy

    S3E11 - Julian Ratcliffe on Genealogical Anxiety and Analytic and Continental Philosophy
    Mar 31 2025

    Julian Ratcliffe is a DPhil student at the University of Oxford. We'll be talking to Julian about his research on genealogical anxiety and the distinction (or lack thereof) between analytic and contintental philosophy. If you'd like to get in touch with Julian, you can reach him at julian.ratcliffe@philosophy.ox.ac.uk, you can find him on twitter at @OxCritTheorist, and you can read his article Genealogy: A Conceptual Map in the European Journal of Philosophy.

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    30 mins
  • S3E10 - Imogen Rivers on Law, Philosophy, and AI Ethics

    S3E10 - Imogen Rivers on Law, Philosophy, and AI Ethics
    Mar 12 2025

    Imogen Rivers is a DPhil student at the University of Oxford. We'll be talking about how Imogen balances her DPhil alongside a Graduate Diploma in Law and her challenge-based approach to AI Ethics. If you'd like to get in touch with Imogen, you can reach her at imogen.rivers@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.

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    28 mins
  • S3E9 - Sophie Nelson on the Nature of Consciousness and Applying to PhDs from a SLAC

    S3E9 - Sophie Nelson on the Nature of Consciousness and Applying to PhDs from a SLAC
    Feb 17 2025

    Today we're joined by Sophie Nelson, a PhD student at New York University. We’ll be talking about Sophie’s advice for applying to PhDs from a SLAC undergraduate education, and her research on consciousness. If you’d like to get in touch with Sophie, you can reach her at srn9351@nyu.edu, and you can find her profile and publications on PhilPeople.

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    22 mins
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