Digital Worlds

By: Ian Werkheiser and Michael Butler
  • Summary

  • A podcast on the philosophy of technology interrogating the way modern digital technology enhances, hampers, entangles, or alters our experience of our lived worlds.
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Episodes
  • Don Beith on Online Education
    Aug 15 2022

    In this episode we talk to philosopher and educator Don Beith about online teaching. The conversation covers everything from practical discussions about accessibility, cheating, and course design, to theoretical discussions about inter-corporeal selfhood in digital spaces. Check it out!

    Show Notes:

    • Follow us on Twitter at @DigWorldsPod, rate our podcast, and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show. You can also drop us a line at DigitalWorldsPod on Gmail.
    • Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at UTRGV. He specializes in social epistemology, environmental philosophy, the philosophy of food, and the philosophy of technology.
    • Michael Butler is a lecturer at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley specializing in existentialist philosophy, phenomenology, and the philosophy of technology.
    • You can learn more about the Digital Worlds project, including conferences, journal special issues, and more at our website https://digitalworldsworkshop.wordpress.com/
    • Don Beith is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maine specializing in environmental philosophy, medical ethics, the philosophy of technology and existentialism. His recent book is The Birth of Sense: Generative Passivity in Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy
    • Ian mentioned that students in his Philosophy of Food class have made video presentations about food that's meaningful to them. Some of those students agreed to share their videos with anyone interested in food studies, so check them out on the Thought About Food YouTube channel!
    • The intro and outro music is "Neither a Bone Nor an Accident" by Owl's Head Mountain, used with permission. Check out that song and the rest of their work on their Bandcamp page.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Introduction -- What are ”Digital Worlds”?
    Jul 27 2022

    In this episode we talk about our different approaches to the philosophy of technology, what you can expect in future episodes, some of the other projects we're doing related to digital worlds, and what we mean by "digital worlds" in the first place.

    Show Notes:

    • Follow us on Twitter at @DigWorldsPod, and you can drop us a line at DigitalWorldsPod on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show.
    • Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at UTRGV. He specializes in social epistemology, environmental philosophy, the philosophy of food, and the philosophy of technology.
    • Michael Butler is a lecturer at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley specializing in existentialist philosophy, phenomenology, and the philosophy of technology.
    • You can learn more about the Digital Worlds project, including conferences, journal special issues, and more at our website https://digitalworldsworkshop.wordpress.com/
    • The intro and outro music is "Neither a Bone Nor an Accident" by Owl's Head Mountain, used with permission. Check out that song and the rest of their work on their Bandcamp page.
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    32 mins

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