HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Society & Culture:philosophy

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this interview we learn about the main issues in modern-day philosophy of disability, and the relevance of this topic for the European encounter with the Americas.

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0:00.0	In a Yes, I'm
0:15.0	so.
0:19.0	Hi, I'm Peter Adamson.
0:22.0	Hi, I'm Peter Adamson, and you're listening to the History of Philosophy
0:25.4	podcast brought to you with the support of the Philosophy Department at
0:28.3	Kings College London and the LMU in Munich online at History of Philosophy
0:32.2	dot net. Today's episode will be an interview about in Munich, online at History of Philosophy.net.
0:33.0	Today's episode will be an interview about philosophy of disability
0:37.0	and the encounter with the New World, with Scott Williams,
0:40.0	who is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina
0:43.4	Asheville. Hello Scott.
0:45.0	Hi, thank you for having me here.
0:47.5	It's a pleasure.
0:48.7	It's a great pleasure to have you on.
0:50.1	So we're going to be talking about the interplay of these two problems or fields.
0:55.8	So on the one hand philosophy of disability and on the other hand what we've just been covering
0:59.7	in podcast over the last couple of episodes, which is the encounter between the Europeans and the Americans.
1:07.6	I thought we could start by talking about what philosophy of disability is because this will probably be an unfamiliar
1:14.3	concept to a lot of listeners. Can you explain what philosophy of disability is or
1:19.0	maybe just say like what are some of the issues or questions that get covered
1:22.3	under that heading?
1:23.2	Yeah, the philosophy of disability as it's emerged in the English context or the American
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