Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dr. Neil Gascoigne is a philosopher, teaching at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests include metaphilosophy, skepticism, Euro/pragmatism, conceptual engineering/change, religious belief, and sex/gender distinctions.

Dr. Gascoigne is the author of several books, including "Richard Rorty: Liberalism, Irony, and the Ends of Philosophy" (2008); "Tacit Knowledge" (2013) co-authored with Tim Thornton; "Scepticism" (2014); and "Rorty, Liberal Democracy, and Religious Certainty" (2019). He has contributed chapters to the Cambridge Companion to Richard Rorty (2021) and the Blackwell Companion to Rorty (2020).

Learn more about Dr. Neil Gascoigne: pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/neil-gascoigne

Video Content:
00:00 - Preview
00:36 - Intro
01:33 - Journey Into Philosophy
05:44 - Evolving Interests and Persistent Concerns
09:05 - Metaphilosophy as philosophy
12:42 - Three Philosophical Influences (Austin, Wittgenstein, Kant)
19:13 - Dr. Gascoigne's scholarship on Rorty
23:13 - On 'Rorty, Liberal Democracy, and Religious Certainty'
29:15 - Current Projects
36:35 - Tacit Knowledge vs. Practical Know-How