Michael Ruse on Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, and Philosophy of Biology
What does evolution imply about human nature and human value? In this conversation, Michael Ruse explores the philosophy of biology, the mec...
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20 of 306 episodesThomas Hertog on the Origin of Time
How did the universe begin—and what determines the laws of physics we observe? In this conversation, Thomas Hertog discusses On the Origin o...
David Chalmers on Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
Can virtual worlds be genuinely real? In this conversation, David Chalmers explores the philosophical implications of virtual reality, simul...
Anil Seth on a New Science of Consciousness
In this conversation, Anil Seth discusses a new scientific approach to consciousness — moving beyond the traditional “hard problem” toward e...
Why Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology?
Why do we need philosophy to understand evolution? Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores the philosophy of evolutionary biology — not just how evolu...
Arnold Zuboff on Why You Are Every Conscious Being
What if the boundaries between you and every other conscious being are an illusion? Philosopher Arnold Zuboff makes the case for Universalis...
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on The Mattering Instinct
Philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein introduces the idea of the “mattering instinct”—the deep human drive to see our lives as significant...
What Is The Far Future Of Intelligence
What might intelligence become—not just in centuries, but across millions or even billions of years? Robert explores the deepest questions a...
Roman Yampolskiy on How Dangerous Is Artificial Intelligence
We may be creating something a million times smarter than all of humanity combined — and we have no plan for what happens next. AI safety pi...
Michael James on What the World Is According to Sri Ramana
Is the world we experience truly real, or is it more like a dream we haven't yet woken up from? Michael James, a leading scholar and transla...
Current Arguments for God
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Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness?
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Asking Ultimate Questions
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Why a Landscape of Consciousness?
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What Life Might Come After Death?
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Could Theories of Consciousness Affect Life After Death?
Life after death is a haunting and deeply personal longing. Can we explore life after death in relation to theories of consciousness, rangin...
Raymond Tallis on the Mystery of Human Beings
Explicitness is one of the fundamental mysteries in which our lives are wrapped. Our capacity, as conscious subjects, to make things explici...
What do Theories of Consciousness Mean?
What causes consciousness, our inner felt experience, like the smell of garlic cooking in olive oil? Explore diverse theories from quantum c...
Can Art Harmonize Diverse Religions?
Almost all religions use art in their sacred spaces and many use art forms in their worship rituals. Certainly, there is powerful social coh...
Vlatko Vedral on Portals to a New Reality
Oxford physicist Vlatko Vedral seeks to shatter complacency in modern physics and show why five revolutionary experiments in quantum physics...