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00:32:25

Consciousness predates life | Stuart Hameroff

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2024/11/05

Combining his research into quantum mechanics and anaesthesiology, Stuart Hameroff proposes an alternative answer to the hard problem of consciousness.

00:29:52

The devil in all of us | Paul Bloom

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2024/10/29

Join Yale psychologist Paul Bloom as he invites us to see the clever, creative and beautiful side of our impulses toward evil.

00:28:15

In search of the 'Self' | David Chalmers, Ed...

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2024/10/24

A mixed panel - philosopher David Chalmers, explorer Ed Stafford and novelist Joanna Kavenna - debate whether a 'self' exists and how we could attempt to find it.

00:16:22

Slavoj Žižek on chaos and the modern world - PART 4

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2024/10/03

Heaven in disorderWhat is the relationship between atheism and faith? How do we relate to 'the big other', and how does this influence how we think about God, nature and ourselves. Join Slavoj Žižek for his glorious finish to a fantastic talk. Slavoj is a Slovenian Marxist-Lacanian philosopher and author, known for his incisive, radical, and humourous takes on the global political landscape. He rarely holds back when giving his opinion, laying out his views and analysis in stark terms. To

00:23:42

Slavoj Žižek on chaos and the modern world - PART 3

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2024/10/01

Heaven in disorderWhat is the concept of 'the self'? How does it relate to how we understand freedom, democracy and ideology?Join Slavoj Zizek as he explores the ideas that underpin how we understand the world. Slavoj is a Slovenian Marxist-Lacanian philosopher and author, known for his incisive, radical, and humourous takes on the global political landscape. He rarely holds back when giving his opinion, laying out his views and analysis in stark terms. To witness such debates live buy

00:14:43

What is consciousness? PART 2

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2024/09/27

Join leading neuroscientist and philosopher Iain Mcgilchrist, Nobel prize winning mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and postmodern sociologist Steve Fuller as they discuss the meaning and mysteries of consciousness.

00:14:09

What is consciousness? PART 1

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2024/09/25

00:23:52

Slavoj Žižek on God, reality and quantum physics

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2024/09/17

Join Slavoj Žižek for an exclusive interview as he turns his attention to the world of science, taking aim at current approaches to the study of quantum physics.

00:15:29

Slavoj Žižek on chaos and the modern world - PART 2

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2024/09/13

Join Slavoj Zizek as he explores the current state of the world, analyzing the effects of capitalism and corporations on our past, present, and future.

00:21:28

Slavoj Žižek on chaos and the modern world - PART 1

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2024/09/10

Join Slavoj Zizek as he explores the current state of the world, using war and the pandemic as a lens to explore the social and political decay of nations.

00:25:00

Philosophy of the senses | Philosopher Barry C. Smith

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2024/09/03

Philosopher Barry C. Smith defends the importance of the most ignored senses - smell, taste, touch - to the philosophical project.

00:14:52

Does life have meaning? PART 3: Nolen Gertz on...

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2024/08/20

Philosopher Nolen Gertz on nihilism and the meaning of life.

00:29:48

Does life have meaning? PART 2: Rob Boddice on the...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2024/08/14

Writer and historian Rob Boddice unravels the complexities of the human condition and confronts the happiness crisis.

00:17:16

The nature of evil PART TWO | Mike Figgis, Lyric...

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2024/08/02

Mike Figgis, Lyric Hammersmith, Robert Eaglestone, Joanna Kavenna debate the nature of evil.

00:19:23

The nature of evil PART ONE | Mike Figgis, Lyric...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2024/07/30

Mike Figgis, Lyric Hammersmith, Robert Eaglestone, Joanna Kavenna debate the nature of evil.

00:33:55

ŽIŽEK on surplus happiness | The false joy of excess

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2024/07/25

Slavoj Žižek delves into the troubling nature of enjoyment and excess.

00:42:06

Is our metaphysics beholden to common sense? |...

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2024/07/09

Three of today's leading thinkers in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and continental philosophy debate radical metaphysics.

00:15:39

Embracing solidarity in our secular age | Interview...

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2024/04/17

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams discusses his professional and theological journey and reflects on what he's learned along the way, from climate activism to inter-faith leadership.

00:16:29

Why we should question everything | Michael Della...

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2024/03/26

Philosopher Michael Della Rocca challenges conventional philosophy's reliance on common sense, interpreting the world instead as a unified whole.

00:52:02

The enlightenment and its alternatives | John...

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2024/03/19

Two of the most influential thinkers of our time, John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University debate the Enlightenment and its alternative. Sophie Scott-Brown hosts.

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