Consciousness predates life | Stuart Hameroff
Consciousness predates lifeDid consciousness exist before life? Could such a counter-intuitive idea, in fact, be the answer to the hard problem of consciousness?Join anaesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff ...
5 Nov 202432min
Halloween SPECIAL | The philosophy of monsters, magic, and mausoleums
Why do audiences across the world love to be scared at the cinema? Why do we have such strong attachments to those who have left this Earth? What can horror tell us about ourselves? Join the team at t...
1 Nov 202433min
The devil in all of us | Paul Bloom
Our human shadowMany have had the experience of an urge to do something wrong just for the hell of it. From walking on grass we're told to keep off to fantasies of violence towards someone we find a m...
29 Okt 202429min
In search of the 'Self' | David Chalmers, Ed Stafford, Joanna Kavenna
In search of ourselvesIs the 'self' a useful category, philosophically, psychologically, in our everyday lives? What might it help us do? And where do we find ourselves?Join our mixed panel of speaker...
24 Okt 202428min
Consciousness and the limits of science PART 2 | Sean Carroll, Ellen Langer, and Tamar Gendler
Mind, matter, and everything - PART TWOCan science ever solve the problem of consciousness? Do our methods look for answers in all the wrong places? Join Sean Carroll, Ellen Langer, and Tamar Gendler ...
18 Okt 202427min
The end is a new beginning | Philosopher Ben Ware
Are we sliding towards our own extinction? How can we find hope amidst the despair of the modern world?Join philosopher Ben Ware as he analyzes the various apocalyptic narratives that have existed thr...
15 Okt 202426min
Consciousness and the limits of science PART 1 | Sean Carroll, Ellen Langer, and Tamar Gendler
Mind, matter, and everything - PART ONECan science ever solve the problem of consciousness? Do our methods look for answers in all the wrong places? Join Sean Carroll, Ellen Langer, and Tamar Gendler ...
8 Okt 202430min
Slavoj Žižek on chaos and the modern world - PART 4
Heaven in disorderWhat is the relationship between atheism and faith? How do we relate to 'the big other', and how does this influence how we think about God, nature and ourselves. Join Slavoj Žižek f...
3 Okt 202416min
