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Closer To Truth

Closer To Truth

Closer To Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions in Cosmos, Life, Consciousness, and Meaning. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Seek your own answers.

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26:59

Is Race Real?

Closer To Truth ·

2024/10/09

Race is obviously real—historically, socially, politically. What about biologically? We explore biological facts about race and their implications. What’s the relationship between color and race? Are human races subspecies of homo sapiens? Is race a “natural kind?” How to form a coherent theory of race? Featuring interviews with Quayshawn Spencer, Joshua Swamidass, Massimo Pigliucci, and Alexander Rosenberg. Explore all the videos in our new pillar of Life:

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26:33

What are the Limits of Science?

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2024/10/02

To get subscriber-only exclusives, register for free at CTT.com today.How much can science discover? Are there boundaries to science? Are there truths—real truths—beyond science? Featuring interviews with Frank Wilczek, J. Gott, Stephen Wolfram, Bas van Fraassen, and Owen Gingerich.

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27:16

What is the Far Future of the Universe?

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2024/09/25

Donate to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions. When we speak about the future of the universe, we mean when the sun burns out, when galaxies collide, when everything flies apart and ultimately evaporates. Do the untold billions and trillions of years from now make it irrelevant for us today? No. The far far future of the universe conveys meaning now. Featuring interviews with Martin Rees, Wendy Freedman, Abraham Loeb, Alexander Vilenkin, and Robert

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01:14:53

David Papineau on Consciousness, Physics, & the...

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2024/09/18

How do conscious states relate to the rest of reality? Do all animals deserve moral consideration? Can AI be conscious? Philosopher David Papineau discusses the nature of consciousness, the mind-body problem, physicalism versus materialism, and much more. Donate to Closer To Truth to help us keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq David Papineau is a British academic philosopher, born in Como, Italy. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College

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27:40

How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?

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2024/09/11

Make a tax-deductible donation to Closer To Truth and help us continue exploring life's deepest questions. Nothing means anything without our brains: not science, not theology, not politics, not love. Everything we know and do-all the sense of human thought, all the feelings of human emotion-all are the product of the brains in our heads. Featuring interviews with Rodolfo Llinas, John Mazziotta, Joseph LeDoux, Mike Merzenich, and Eran Zaidel.

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01:14:32

David Papineau on Consciousness, Physics, and the...

Closer To Truth ·

2024/09/04

Philosopher David Papineau discusses the "how, where, and what" of consciousness, solutions to the mind-body problem, naturalism versus physicalism, and more.Show your support for the show with a tax-deductible donation of any amount to help us continue exploring life's deepest questions: https://shorturl.at/SOeum David Papineau is a British academic philosopher. He is a Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research

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26:33

Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?

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2024/08/28

Get free access to Closer to Truth's library of more than 5,000 videos.Some say that consciousness is the only true reality—that everything else, including the universe, comes from consciousness. If so, how would consciousness relate to the world? Featuring interviews with Deepak Chopra, Donald Hoffman, Neil Theise, Fred Alan Wolf, Frank J. Tipler, and Charles T. Tart.

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27:17

Does the Cosmos Provide Meaning?

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2024/08/21

Register for a free Closer To Truth membership to receive special exclusives, event discounts, and more.We know the age of the universe, how stars were born, how galaxies were formed. But does the cosmos have meaning? Not make-believe, feel-good meaning. But real meaning. Featuring interviews with Saul Perlmutter, Roger Penrose, Paul Steinhardt, Martin Rees, and Frank Drake. Show your support for the show with a tax-deductible donation of any amount to help keep our content free from

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27:01

What is God?

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2024/08/14

Are you a Closer To Truth member? Register for a free account to get special exclusives, event discounts, and more.How can I assess whether God exists without exploring what kind of God is supposed to exist? So I examine God's essence and nature. Featuring interviews with John Polkinghorne, John Behr, John Hick, J.L. Schellenberg, and Timothy O'Connor. Show your support for the show with a tax-deductible donation of any amount to help keep our content free from paywalls:

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01:03:31

Or Graur on the Big Bang and the Physics of Galaxies

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2024/08/07

Help us continue exploring the greatest questions of the universe with a tax-deductible donation to Closer To Truth: https://shorturl.at/OnyRqAstrophysicist Or Graur offers a brief and fascinating overview of the history, physics, and astrophysical uses of galaxies. Starting with the history of the last two thousand years of galaxy studies, Graur discusses the types of galaxies we observe and the physics that drive them; the myths and physical structure of the Milky Way; how galaxies were used to

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26:33

Can We Survive Death?

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2024/07/31

Register for a free CTT membership today to get exclusive benefits.Do I disappear at death? My body? Sure, it's gone. But my awareness? Does my consciousness end forever? What could be more frightening! Is there any hope here? Featuring interviews with Charles Tart, Richard Swinburne, Robert Park, James Tabor, and Keith Ward.

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27:17

Does Philosophy Help Science?

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2024/07/24

What constitutes good science? Are there limits to science? If so, what are the boundaries? How deep can science dig into the foundations of the world?Featuring interviews with Steven Weinberg, Paul Davies, Colin Blakemore, and Scott Aaronson. Keep Closer To Truth's content free from paywalls! Make a tax-deductible donation of any amount today.

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27:02

Is Human Consciousness Special?

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2024/07/17

Help us continue exploring the greatest questions of the universe with a tax-deductible donation to Closer To Truth.Scientists say my consciousness is just my brain. Theologians believe my consciousness reflects the God who created it. Mystics hold my consciousness is a drop in the ocean of cosmic consciousness. Who's right? Featuring interviews with Marvin Minsky, Marilyn Schlitz, J. van Huyssteen, Colin McGinn, and Roger Walsh. Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring

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01:18:25

Ned Block on Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness

Closer To Truth ·

2024/07/10

Distinguished Philosopher Ned Block discusses perception, cognition, and consciousness as well as his latest book, The Border Between Seeing and Thinking, a model for bringing philosophy and the mind sciences into dialogue.Ned Block is an American philosopher working in philosophy of mind who has made important contributions to the understanding of consciousness and the philosophy of cognitive science. He has been professor of philosophy and psychology at New York University since 1996. Get

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47:47

Are Plants Sentient?

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2024/07/03

Help Closer To Truth keep our content free from paywalls with a tax-deductible donation.To inquire whether plants are “sentient” sounds like pseudoscience but has become real science. What does a plant know? Plants can react to their environments, but can plants sense or feel? Can they remember long-term? Can they adapt and learn? Are plants intelligent? And are they in any sense aware? Daniel Chamovitz is an American-born plant geneticist and the 7th President of Ben-Gurion University of the

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27:16

Are Suffering and Ritual Vital?

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2024/06/26

How do Buddhism, Chinese traditions, and Hinduism address the perennial problems of suffering, ethics, ritual and contemplative practices? Why is suffering so important in Buddhism? Why karma in Hinduism? Why systems of nature in Chinese traditions?Featuring interviews with Helen De Cruz Jay Garfield, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Swami Medhananda, Franklin Perkins, and Yang Xioa. Explore all CTT videos on Eastern Traditions.

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27:01

Why is There Anything at All?

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2024/06/19

Why are we here? Why is there a world, a cosmos, something-instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest. Why? What can we learn from "nothing"? Featuring interviews with John Leslie, Bede Rundle, Max Tegmark, Simon Blackburn, Quentin Smith, Victor Stenger, Peter van Inwagen, John Polkinghorne, Richard Swinburne, and Paul Davies. Are you a Closer To Truth member? Register for free today to get event discounts, early access to episodes, and more.

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42:24

Brian Swimme on Consciousness, Cultural Evolution,...

Closer To Truth ·

2024/06/12

Professor Brian Swimme discusses cosmogenesis, our cultural evolution, human consciousness, the Noosphere, and more.Brian Thomas Swimme is a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where he teaches evolutionary cosmology to graduate students in the philosophy, cosmology, and consciousness program. His upcoming book, The Story of the Noosphere, will be published in October. Register for members-only perks like early access to episodes with a free Closer To

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27:16

What is Evolutionary Developmental Biology?

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2024/06/05

Two big ideas in biology: the evolution of species via mutation, fitness and natural selection; and the embryological development of individuals, from fertilized egg to whole organisms. How do these two big ideas—“evo-devo,” as it’s called—relate? What novel ideas emerge?Featuring interviews with Alex Rosenberg, Alan Love, Rachell Powell, and Terrence Deacon. You can watch all episodes in Season 23 on our website.

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26:33

Eastern Traditions: What is the Human Person?

Closer To Truth ·

2024/05/29

How do Buddhism, Chinese traditions and Hinduism address the essenceof human sentience? What is consciousness? What is the self? What is qi? Do humans have souls or spirits? Are humans dualistic beings? Or pure souls/spirits? Featuring interviews with Swami Sarvapriyananda, Swami Medhananda, Jay Garfield, and Franklin Perkins. Get early access to watch Season 24 by registering for a free membership on our website.

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