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Philosophy For Our Times

Summary: Bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers, we host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas. Philosophy for our Times is a free weekly philosophy podcast unpacking society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode.

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Podcasts:

 Are we hallucinating ourselves? | Anil Seth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:21

Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and the self.

 The big ideas we choose to believe in | Dallas Campbell | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:35

Dallas Campbell shares his insight as an "outsider" in the world of science.

 Does language make us uniquely human? | Ray Tallis, Joanna Kavenna and Jennifer Ackerman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:44:52

Ray Tallis, Joanna Kavenna and Jennifer Ackerman debate the uniqueness of human language.

 Are we moral hypocrites? | Julian Baggini, David Chandler, Ece Temelkuran | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:45:05

Julian Baggini, David Chandler and Ece Temelkuran debate whether strict moral codes always lead to immoral acts.

 Playing with fire | Beverly Taylor, Ella Whelan and Lawrence Phillips | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:59

Beverly Taylor, Ella Whelan and Lawrence Phillips debate safety and risk in the context of a pandemic.

 Was Max Planck right about consciousness? | Patricia Churchland, Brian Greene, Amanda Gefter and Laura Mersini-Houghton | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:44:38

Patricia Churchland, Brian Greene, Laura Mersini-Houghton and Amanda Gefter discuss whether Max Planck was right in asserting that "matter is derivative from consciousness."

 Islands and the Anthropocene | David Chandler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:47

David Chandler discusses what islands can teach us about modernity.

 The story of reality | Sophie Fiennes, Betty Sue Flowers, Noel Carroll | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:49:16

Sophie Fiennes, Betty Sue Flowers and Noel Carroll debate whether narratives should reflect or escape reality.

 What it means to be human | Raymond Tallis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:26

Raymond Tallis discusses the uniqueness of humanity.

 The case for virtuous virtue signalling | Kwame Anthony Appiah, Crystal Fleming, David Goodhart | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:46

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Crystal Fleming and David Goodhart probe the moral maze of public morality.

 Consciousness Beyond Time | Laura Mersini-Houghton, Paul Davies, Craig Callender, Hilary Lawson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:48

Laura Mersini-Houghton, Paul Davies, Hilary Lawson and Craig Callender lock horns over the arrows of time.

 Can wireheading cause real pleasure | Anders Sandberg | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:05

Anders Sandberg examines the pursuit of pleasure through wireheading.

 Why do we want to be good? | Ece Temelkuran, Alison Milbank, Peter Sjöstedt-H | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:45:45

Ece Temelkuran, Alison Milbank Peter Sjöstedt-H debate the existence of a secular morality.

 How the universe learns | Rupert Sheldrake | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:10

Rupert Sheldrake explains how nature has it's own memory through his theory of Morphic Resonance.

 Necessary lies | Michael Shermer, Hilary Lawson & Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:05

Are all views essentially perspectival?

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