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Love & Philosophy

Beyond Dichotomy | Andrea Hiott

It"s reasonable to care. Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. From the heart. Deeply researched. Mostly unscripted.Hosted by philosopher and cognitive scientist Andrea Hiott. A project with Making Ways. Buy the book Holding Paradox: The Navigational Approach to Mind and Consciousness. And join the Substack.

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39:35

Spacetime Folds & Windows of Ritournelle with Bayo...

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2025/04/10

Send a love message Ritournelle is a concept created by Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari for A Thousand Plateaus (1987.) It's the main subject of 11th plateau 1837: Of the refrain. In this episode of 'Love and Philosophy,' host Andrea Hiott engages in a deep and thought-provoking conversation with philosopher, psychologist, and poet Bayo Akomolafe. They discuss the transformative power of love, the complexities beyond binary categorizations, and the idea of life as a process filled with re...

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99:32

How Shall we Live? with anthropologist and...

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2025/03/30

Send a love message Life is not built by blocks but by lines woven together according to Tim Ingold, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Aberdeen and a leading thinker in anthropology and philosophy. Tim Ingold and Andrea Hiott explore key themes from Tim's influential works, such as 'Anthropology: Why It Matters' and 'Lines,' discussing how life is a continuous journey along interwoven threads and traces shaped by our every action. Building on Gibson, Deleuze, Hallo...

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66:37

Project Love: What We Make & How it Makes Us with...

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2025/03/22

Send a love message "If a thing loves, it is infinite" William Blake: In this episode of Love and Philosophy, Andrea engages with Clive Grinyer, a renowned industrial designer and the director of Project Love. The discussion centers around how design can be a catalyst for fostering love, empathy, and compassion in society, and how this is a form of collective cognition. They explore various innovative projects, including a conversational bench, a heat map app, and a secular graves...

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176:24

Another Needful Freedom: Truth in Tension with Mike...

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2025/03/14

Send a love message 'Needful Freedom' comes from the work of philosopher Hans Jonas and though this podcast is not about Jonas, Andrea and Mike discuss this term towards understanding the skill of the future. Mike's bio: "Ex-tech exec, now a reluctant Cassandra. Penning dispatches from democracy's peril at notesfromthecircus.com. Unmasking the unholy alliance of Silicon Valley and aspiring despots. 2+2=4, even when power insists otherwise." Cognitive Revolution: Mike Brock on Love, Truth, and...

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95:54

We Are Not Machines! Agency & Science beyond...

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2025/03/05

Send a love message #paradox of #love and #agency More: https://lovephilosophy.substack.com/ Yogi aka. Johannes Jaeger like to fashion himself as a natural philosopher. After his directorship of the Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI) in Vienna he left academia for pursuing intellectual production independently. He is part of an science-art collective in Vienna called The Zone. His focus has been primarily focused on his book, Beyond the Age of Machines, which he had been publishing incrementally i...

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77:23

Body Knowledge with Shay Welch and Elena Cuffari

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2025/02/27

Send a love message Elena Clare Cuffari is a Professor at Franklin and Marshall College. Shay Welch is a professor at Spelman College in Atlanta. In this episode, they discuss embodied cognition and participatory sensemaking in relation to marginalized body epistemologies. They share insights from a recent conference that brought together diverse perspectives on how embodied cognition intersects with issues of race, gender, and activism. Welch emphasizes that she never separates her sch...

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85:15

Love and Liberation in Times of Crisis with Rupert...

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2025/02/13

Send a love message In this episode, which was recorded in the autumn of 2024, Andrea Hiott talks with environmental philosopher and public intellectual Rupert Read. They delve into Read's realization that 'this civilization is finished,' his engagement with Wittgenstein's philosophy (especially the book he edited with Alice Crary), his subsequent involvement with Extinction Rebellion, how he has come to understand crisis as inflections of love, and the 'moving forward' work of the Climate Ma...

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75:10

Empowerment in Robotics: Solo Brainstorm & AI Bonus...

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2025/01/31

Send a love message Decoding the Empowerment Measurement in AI and Robotics with Dari Trendafilov. Dari has a PhD in Computing Science from the University of Glasgow, UK. His research interests are situated at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Human–Computer Interaction. He specialized in probabilistic information-theoretic modelling of complex systems and analysis of computational and interactive cognitive systems in the context of social and human–robot interact...

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65:18

In Defense of the Human Being with Thomas Fuchs

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2025/01/27

Send a love message Exploring Human Embodiment and Conviviality with Thomas Fuchs, the Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, GermanyJoin Andrea for an insightful conversation with Thomas Fuchs, a philosopher and psychiatrist at Universität Heidelberg, as they delve into his book, 'In Defense of the Human Being.' Explore the profound questions about our distinctiveness from machines, the concept of 'conviviality,' and the essence of human embodiment....

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60:36

Love Beyond Subject and Object with therapist &...

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2025/01/24

Send a love message Mark Solms | Part 2 | Can love bring us beyond traditional divides?Please join in supportMark Solms is a professor in the Department of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town: "My early research focused on the brain mechanisms of sleep and dreaming led to an interest in consciousness, which is currently my major focus. My emphasis is on brainstem mechanisms of consciousness and the foundational role of affect, emotional affect in particular. This work has incl...

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75:26

Free Love: Rethinking Hegel's Concept of Life with...

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2025/01/15

Send a love message Logic, Self-consciousness, and the continuity of mind and life: This episode is with Karen Ng, author of Hegel's Concept of Life, and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Andrea and Karen discuss Hegel's concept of life, self-consciousness, and the problem of contradiction, emphasizing how life and love are fundamental to understanding his ideas. The episode moves through Kant's influence on Hegel, internal and external purposiveness, and how...

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79:54

Living Beyond the Blind Spot with Philosopher Evan...

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2025/01/01

Send a love message Happy 2025 ❤️ everyone. Philosopher Evan Thompson discusses 'The Blind Spot' which delves into the complexities of human perception, science, and the interconnectedness of nature. Together Andrea Hiott and Evan Thompson explore themes such as the impact of idealized scientific models on our understanding of reality, the importance of integrating arts and humanities with STEM disciplines, and the urgency of addressing ecological and meaning crises. The episode also to...

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121:56

Living in the Flow: A Walk Through Neuroscience with...

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2024/12/25

Send a love messageThis episode celebrates a year of conversations with a special holiday episode featuring renowned neuroscientist Karl Friston, the famous 'genius' of the WIRED magazine piece. The melody of this conversation is the concept of 'flow' and how it relates to making the right choices within a constantly changing world. They explore Friston's significant contributions, including active inference and the free energy principle, discussing how these models provide a first-principles...

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80:06

Environment is Not in the Head: Why everyone is...

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2024/12/19

Send a love messageA look into the ideas of ecological psychology with legendary Harry Heft. Known for his renowned contributions to environmental and ecological psychology, Heft discusses the concept of affordances, a term coined by JJ Gibson, and its application across various fields. Heft traces the intellectual lineage from William James to Gibson, emphasizing a relational rather than dualistic approach to understanding perception and action. The conversation spans affordances in cultural...

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87:31

Academic Dissonance and Unexpected Paths of Process...

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2024/12/11

Send a love messageNeuroscience, AI, and Philosophy with Paul from Brain InspiredCan we think about education (and age) differently? Was it worth it to give up academia, move into an RV and create a podcast?Can we think differently about computation and representation?Paul Middlebrooks is no gadfly but as you'll hear, the one thing he knows is that he does not know (as Plato quotes Socrates: "All I know is that I know nothing.") He quit academia and started a podcast and has since become an i...

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101:45

Paths of Power and Paradox with Minna Salami, author...

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2024/12/04

Send a love messageMinna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish feminist author, social critic and currently Program Chair at THE NEW INSTITUTE. She is the author of Can Feminism Be African? (forthcoming Harper Collins) and Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone (Bloomsbury 2020) which has been translated into multiple languages. Minna is a leading voice of contemporary feminism, she has drawn over a million readers to her multiple award-winning blog MsAfropolitan.com.In...

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64:59

All Those Yesterdays: a lifelong conversation with...

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2024/11/28

Send a love messageFrank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Ludwig Wittgenstein, dualism, physics, and more."John Koethe was born on December 25, 1945. He began writing poetry in 1964 during his undergraduate years at Princeton University and went on to receive a PhD in philosophy from Harvard University.Koethe’s Ninety-fifth Street (Harper Perennial, 2009) won the 2010 Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets. He has published numerous other books of poetry, including Cemeteries and Galax...

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74:07

The Real World and its Many Models with Philosopher...

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2024/11/21

Send a love messageExploring Perspectival Realism: Are there many paths to the right place?In this episode, Andrea talks with Michela Massimi, a philosopher renowned for her book 'Perspectival Realism.' They look at what these terms mean, discussing the relevance of perspectivism in the philosophy of science and its implications for understanding scientific models, realism, and pluralism. The conversation explores how different perspectives can coexist in scientific inquiry without leading to...

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5:37

Holding Paradox: Research Diary 7

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2024/11/21

Send a love messageLove and Philosophy? Beyond Dichotomy? What is this all about?A few unscripted thoughts today in the diary on thinking paradoxically. These diaries are not usually published on the podcast (just on the Substack and YouTube) but this one seemed relevant to post here too as a trailer or sorts. Hugs and love to you all,Andrea HiottSupport the showPlease rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Substack.

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146:39

What do we mean by consciousness? A research...

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2024/11/14

Send a love messageRESEARCH CONVERSATION about the many ways the term consciousness is used in science, philosophy and everyday life. We also discuss cognitive processes, empathy, the meaning of life, the inevitability of death & of course, metaphysical idealism. SA Article, Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell03:02 Intro 08:08 Metaconsciousness19:11 Personal Experiences & Consciousness25:07 Metacognition, Evolution of Physicalism50:51 Mistake of Ultimate Belief51:43 Misconceptions52:28 Ne...

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