Author: Pat McConvile
-
Season 2, Episode 6: Paying Attention with Anya Daly
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Anya Daly. Dr Anya Daly investigates the intersections of phenomenology with philosophy of mind, the philosophy of perception, the philosophy of psychiatry, embodied and social cognition, enactivism, ethics, aesthetics and Buddhist Philosophy. They discuss meditation and perception, the divide between continental and analytic philosophy, and human and animal…
-
Season 2, Episode 5: Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lexi Eikelboom. Dr Lexi Eikelboom is both a visual artist and a scholar of philosophical theology. Her academic work analyses aesthetic concepts such as rhythm and form as way to illuminate the human implications of the philosophical arguments in which the concepts appear. She also leads collaborative projects…
-
Season 2, Episode 4: Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman. Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman works as a teacher and researcher in philosophy in Naarm/Melbourne. His work is primarily focussed on the intersection of politics and art, and the ways in which sensible materials can be combined to produce different forms of thought. He is currently co-editing a…
-
Season 2, Episode 3: Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Ellie Ripley. Dr Ellie Ripley’s work focuses on languages, logics, and the relations between them. They discuss music and the state of mind for writing technical philosophy, being part of a philosophical ensemble, and the local heritage of logic. A transcript of this episode will be available on…
-
Season 2, Episode 2: Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Michelle Liu. Dr Michelle Liu works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. In philosophy of mind, she is interested in the nature of consciousness and the intuition of dualism. In philosophy of language, she is particularly interested in the linguistic phenomenon of…
-
Season 2, Episode 1: Beauty and Revelation with Catherine Wesselinoff
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Catherine Wesselinoff. Dr Catherine Wesselinoff is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, where she teaches courses in aesthetics, ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy. Her main research interests are in aesthetics and moral philosophy. They discuss beauty and revelation, transgression and…
-
S1E10 Elese Dowden: Transcript
How does art shape ideas? Join these I explore this question through conversations with philosophers and thinkers about the influence of art on their scholarly work. I’m Pat McConville and this is Concept : Art. In this episode I speak with Dr Elese Dowden. We discussed fabrication and sovereignty, make-up artistry and hyper representation, and…
-
Season 1, Episode 10: Girlboss Leviathan with Elese Dowden
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Elese Dowden. Dr Elese Dowden is a writer and philosopher from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her doctoral work was on ethical restoration after historical injustice, and her ongoing cross-disciplinary research interests include Continental philosophy, Australian and New Zealand literature, critical theory, history and colonialism. They discuss fabrication and sovereignty,…
-
Season 1, Episode 9: Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar. Dr Dalia Nassar works at the intersection of the history of German philosophy and environmental philosophy and ethics. She has written on the tradition of romantic empiricism, including its significance contemporary questions of ecology and environment. She has also worked to promote women in the history…
-
S1E8 Lucy Benjamin: Transcript
How does art shape ideas? Join me as I explore this question through conversations with philosophers and thinkers about the influence of art on their scholarly work. I’m Pat McConville, and this is Concept : Art. In this episode I speak with Dr Lucy Benjamin. We discussed time and space on the streets of Paris;…