How important is rationality to humans? PART 2 | Stuart Hameroff, Subrena Smith, Paul Bloom
Thinking set freeLook for part 1 of this episode from earlier this week! Join our panel of speakers (consciousness researcher Stuart Hameroff, evolutionary critic Subrena Smith, and psychologist Paul ...
13 Des 202425min
How important is rationality to humans? PART 1 | Stuart Hameroff, Subrena Smith, Paul Bloom
Thinking set freeIs the emphasis our modern society places on rationality well-placed? Does rationality help us think or should we be in tune with other ways of thinking/perceiving the world?Join our ...
10 Des 202425min
Challenging Peter Singer's Ethics
Can morality be objective?Whether or not moral ideas can be objectively true has divided philosophers for centuries. But can we ever find moral truths? How would we find them? And what can these truth...
3 Des 202424min
African Philosophy SPECIAL | Contemporary philosophers
What can African philosophers teach us about history, the modern world, and the good life? And can their ideas and teachings cross cultural boundaries?Join the IAI team for a reading of three articles...
29 Nov 202450min
The philosophy behind Thanksgiving | Property, Power, and Indigenous Land Rights
Land, ownership and hypocrisy with Peter Singer, Dale Turner, Tommy J. Curry and Janne TellerSince Magna Carta, the right to property is seen as universal, yet this principle often favours the strong....
26 Nov 202450min
The philosophy of extinction (or of the end of the world)| Philosopher Ben Ware
Philosophy at the end of the worldIs humanity looking at its demise in the face? Has it always been? And how can philosophy help us?Join philosopher Ben Ware, Co-Director of the Centre for Philosophy ...
19 Nov 202430min
God, science, and the natural world PART 2 | Philosopher Fiona Ellis
The metaphysics of naturalism - PART TWOHave we completely abandoned the idea of the supernatural? Could there still be important truths that lie outside of the natural world?Join philosopher Fiona El...
15 Nov 202434min
God, science, and the natural world PART 1 | Philosopher Fiona Ellis
The metaphysics of naturalism - PART ONEHave we completely abandoned the idea of the supernatural? Could there still be important truths that lie outside of the natural world?Join philosopher Fiona El...
12 Nov 202433min
