ABOUT THE POD
Philosophy is an important academic subject, one we believe everyone should be exposed to and explore. But philosophy can also feel distant and abstract to many people. The Grindstone is an ‘armchair interviews with philosophers’ podcast that gets to know the people who study and teach philosophy, and tries to apply some of their wisdom to the world around us.
We let the conversations unfold in their own way, but we try to cover three topics with all of our guests:
We also occasionally interview people who majored in philosophy and went on to careers in various industries outside of academia to ask them how their education in philosophy prepared them for and applies to their current work.
The conversations are informal, organic, and go where they go. We hope that they are informative and insightful. And we hope that you enjoy them. Thanks for listening!
YOU CAN FOLLOW US:
@grindstone.pod (Instagram)
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ABOUT OUR TEAM
The Grindstone was created, and is hosted, by Matthew Kroll, the Academic Program Manager in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University. Caroline Cross, a philosophy major at Purdue, mixes, edits and produces the podcast. The intro and outro music is by Al Terity. Special thanks to Purdue philosophy alum Madison Maroney for voicing the intro and outro.
This podcast is supported by the Department of Philosophy and the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ABOUT THE POD
Philosophy is an important academic subject, one we believe everyone should be exposed to and explore. But philosophy can also feel distant and abstract to many people. The Grindstone is an ‘armchair interviews with philosophers’ podcast that gets to know the people who study and teach philosophy, and tries to apply some of their wisdom to the world around us.
We let the conversations unfold in their own way, but we try to cover three topics with all of our guests:
We also occasionally interview people who majored in philosophy and went on to careers in various industries outside of academia to ask them how their education in philosophy prepared them for and applies to their current work.
The conversations are informal, organic, and go where they go. We hope that they are informative and insightful. And we hope that you enjoy them. Thanks for listening!
YOU CAN FOLLOW US:
@grindstone.pod (Instagram)
@GrindstonePod (Twitter)
ABOUT OUR TEAM
The Grindstone was created, and is hosted, by Matthew Kroll, the Academic Program Manager in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University. Caroline Cross, a philosophy major at Purdue, mixes, edits and produces the podcast. The intro and outro music is by Al Terity. Special thanks to Purdue philosophy alum Madison Maroney for voicing the intro and outro.
This podcast is supported by the Department of Philosophy and the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Grindstone, Jonah Falcone sits down with Jeff Brower, a professor of philosophy at Purdue University. The focus of this interview is to discuss Dr. Brower’s latest book, “Aquinas’s Ontology of the Material World”.
This episode is mainly concerned with how Dr. Brower interprets Aquinas’ views on the fundamental reality of both the material and immaterial world. Topics discussed are the line between philosophy and religion, the nature of God, Aquinas’s hylomorphism, and whether hylomorphism is compatible with our understanding of modern science. Thank you to Mo Hunt for controlling the audio behind the scenes. Enjoy!
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