On the edges of knowledge | Michael Shermer vs Rupert Sheldrake
How do we assess claims to scientific knowledge?Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWhat is it possible to know? Is the physical universe all there is...
12 Joulu 202339min
Necessity and lies | Rebecca Roache, Simon Baron-Cohen, Hilary Lawson
Is it ever right to lie? Is honesty ever wrong?Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesHonesty is upheld as an age-old virtue of civilisation. Yet there a...
5 Joulu 202346min
Taking leave of reason | Joanna Kavenna, Rory Sutherland, Rebecca Roache
Is rationality as vital as we think?Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesPhilosophers from Spinoza and Hegel to Bertrand Russell argued that logic and ...
28 Marras 202345min
The quest for freedom | Katarina Schwarz
What does modern-day slavery look like? Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesThe past centuries have seen rapid improvements in health, poverty, litera...
21 Marras 202331min
Ancient traits in a modern world | Sunetra Gupta, Anders Sandberg, Subrena Smith
Is our neurobiology at odds with the modern world?Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe see the remarkable evolution of the human brain as one of the...
14 Marras 202354min
Free will is not an illusion | Denis Noble
Biology against determinism!Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe all feel like we have free will. That our decisions are our own and that we could h...
7 Marras 202327min
Me, my world and I | Barry Smith, Hannah Critchlow, Gary Lachman
Is collective experience a myth?Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe see experience as quintessentially subjective. But while we take this for grant...
31 Loka 202357min
Cities of the future | Lucelia Rodrigues
What is the architecture of a sustainable world?Looking for a link we mentioned? Find it here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe are living in environmental crisis. But the solution might be c...
24 Loka 202335min
