Why is Mathematics True and Beautiful?
Does mathematics have two transcendent attributes: truth and beauty? What makes math true? What makes math beautiful? Are there different kinds of mathematical existence? How can math combine idealize...
1 Nov 202326min
Can We Survive Death?
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...
25 Okt 202327min
Can Art Probe Creativity?
Creativity generates art. How to discern the creative process in order to inform the nature of art? Conversely, how to discern art in order to inform the nature of the creative process? Featuring in...
18 Okt 202326min
What Makes Brains Conscious?
Everything I know -- everything! -- comes from my brain. Consciousness, our private sense of inner awareness, is the one big question to which we might find answers. Featuring interviews with Arnold...
11 Okt 202326min
Dan Dennett on the Mysteries of the Mind
Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett discusses his new memoir, I've Been Thinking, about the dominant themes of twentieth-century philosophy and cognitive science—including language, evo...
4 Okt 20231h 21min
Will Kinney on Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe
Cosmologist and physics professor Will Kinney discusses his latest book, An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe. Kinney considers what happened before the primordial...
27 Sep 20231h 9min
The Marvels of Space-Time
Einstein showed that space and time are essentially the same thing-a single entity, space-time. But space and time seem so radically different. How could space and time be literally the same thing? ...
20 Sep 202327min
Samuel Lebens on Jewish Philosophy
In honor of Rosh Hashanah, this week's podcast presents the arguments for, and against, the existence of God in Judaic history. From pogroms to the Holocaust, how to deal with the Problem of Evil — wi...
13 Sep 20231h 2min
