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The Institute of Art and Ideas is committed to placing philosophy and big ideas at the heart of public life -- building philosophy for our times. Described by Total Politics as "Europe's ans...
Is the brain actually productive? Or is it instead permissive, simply acting as a filter through which consciousness passes? Can near death...
Is evolutionary psychology merely a way of excusing outdated behaviours? Is it instead culture which really defines how we behave? As with t...
Does the past even exist anymore? Quantum mechanics has long unsettled our understanding of matter and measurement. But what if its implicat...
Did analytic philosophy ruin the entire discipline? For more than a century there has been a divide in Western philosophy between two distin...
Do we need a moral reawakening? Is animal suffering simply a fact of life or can it be avoided? How did the US Navy break whale protection l...
Universities, long celebrated as sanctuaries of free thought and intellectual rigour, have for centuries been regarded as the best way to ed...
What do the Soviet Union and the current British economy have in common? What can studying the philosophy of science reveal about our econom...
Who are we? Why are we here? Does life have a meaning beyond itself? Join former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and groundbreakin...
Should everyone be treated equally? Many see populism with its focus on immigration and nationalism as not only politically dangerous but mo...
How do we acquire knowledge? We tend to think that knowledge is produced by experts through established institutions, progressing over time...
How can taking on the role of someone else help us to understand ourselves? Does the hermit know himself better than the socialite? And wher...
Alex Gómez-Marín is a controversial figure in contemporary neuroscience, known for challenging the materialist framework that dominates scie...
The self and the world We tend to think of ourselves as observers of the world and experience as something different from the material stuff...
An individual "is responsible for everything he does," claimed Sartre. And from criminal justice to creative expression, free will and respo...
Are we living in the moment? Are we really free? How can we transcend the constant anxieties of our mind? Throughout history, certain people...
The good, the bad, and the transgressive Is the transgression of norms and rules what brings history forward and allows for creativity and c...
What is rationality? Why is it or is it not important? And where does perversity fit in? Join psychologist Paul Bloom in this interview wher...
Why is the world moving away from liberalism and towards conservatism? One of Britain’s most provocative thinkers, John Gray is a political...
The future of European thought What is analytic philosophy and what is continental philosophy? And, perhaps most importantly, does this dist...
Language shapes how we think, remember, and reason. But does it help us to uncover the fundamental nature of reality? Join the author of Lan...
Philosophers cannot stop talking about consciousness - what are its limits? What is it made of? What does it allow us? This podcast is part...
Why we worship without knowing it What should be included within the remit of philosophy? Religion? Love? Hair? Join well-known public speak...
Over the past decades, neuroscience has blossomed, positioning itself as a kind of master discipline over everything else. For who understan...
What is nothing? Can it be defined, either philosophically or scientifically? Or will the exploration of nothing bring, ultimately, to nothi...
Why are we fascinated by apocalyptic stories? Join the team at the IAI for a reading of four Halloween-themed articles, written by historian...
Einstein was called “slow” at school, J. K. Rowling collected a dozen rejections, and Walt Disney was once fired for “lacking imagination.”...
Slavoj Žižek is back in a new interview where he takes us through his thoughts on the role of philosophy, the future of sex, his fear and lo...
What should time mean to us? Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a philosopher of mind who specialises in the thought of Alfred North Whitehead, Friedr...
Hugely influential in the latter decades of the 20th century, postmodernism transformed many academic disciplines and culture at large. Asso...
As ChatGPT and AI increase their presence in our lives, have we interrogated enough what this means for, and about, our collective psyche? I...
The Enlightenment has faced a lot of criticism in recent years - its defenders and detractors often come head to head, scrambling to articul...
We all want to live the good life. But how many of us can claim to be truly content? Join philosopher and evolutionary biologist Massimo Pig...
Truth, delusion and psychedelic reality Do psychedelics reveal hidden layers of reality, or are we simply tripping? Psychedelics are back in...
The unconscious has become a well-known feature of our human lived experience since Freud. We often refer to unwanted impulses, suppressed t...
Will we ever reach a conclusive, agreed-upon theory of consciousness? Over the millennia of recorded history, countless stories, theories, a...
The psychedelic revolution Will LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA, and Ketamine treatments live up to the hype? For decades, psychedelics were derided a...
Indian philosophy and the search for unity In our everyday lives we act as though we are all separate individuals, but is this really the ca...
From philosophy to science, metaphysics to psychology, the idea of 'nothing' is central to the universe, existence and experience as a whole...
The question of free will - and whether we have it or not - is age-old across philosophy, religion, and human thought in general. Having fre...
Žižek: "Trump did what The Left couldn't" As we look around at the state of the modern world, it's very easy to get disheartened - and that'...
Video games are changing how we think. Many are so realistic that some argue they are becoming reality. In this talk by philosopher James Ta...
How literature helps us to understand morality, totalitarian politics, and the life of Jesus Christ. Join the team at the IAI for four artic...
In this IAI Studio interview, philosopher and science writer Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the evolution of consciousness and the enduring my...
Human nature and the possibility of utopia The idea of utopia - of a perfect society devoid of suffering and inequality - is planted firmly...
Why more is less We're surrounded by choice - an endless sea of possible paths we might take. However, does the overwhelming range of choice...
Our culture prizes logic and rationality, if not above all else, as two of the most fundamental social traits. But are we missing out by ove...
We tend to believe consciousness is purely mental. And since Descartes' "I think therefore I am", we've privileged the mind as the centrepie...
What can JD Vance's arguments with Pope Francis teach us about selfishness, altruism, and the morality of the modern world? Join the team at...
The mindful body with Ellen Langer Can mindfulness be contagious? Ellen Langer's research certainly seems to suggest that's the case. As Pro...
The good, the bad, and the beautiful What is beauty? Why are we so drawn to it? And should we be - or is it a distraction? The philosophy of...