Playing with fire | Beverly Taylor, Ella Whelan and Lawrence Phillips
How much risk is too much? Listen to find out!Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesIn a Covid world we have been focused on safety. Yet almost all of us c...
26 Okt 202143min
Was Max Planck right about consciousness? | Patricia Churchland, Brian Greene, Amanda Gefter and Laura Mersini-Houghton
Was Planck wrong or was he into something? Our experts discuss.Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesMost of us, scientists included, see physics as an att...
19 Okt 202144min
Islands and the Anthropocene | David Chandler
Could this be the end of modernity?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWhether it's the discussion on rising sea levels or nuclear waste, islands have gr...
12 Okt 202125min
The story of reality | Sophie Fiennes, Betty Sue Flowers, Noel Carroll
Should narratives reflect or escape reality? Our panellists discuss.Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesFrom fairy tales to Harry Potter, from Avatar to ...
5 Okt 202149min
What it means to be human | Raymond Tallis
Are humans beyond nature?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesHumans are unlike anything else in the universe. We're the only part of existence that can o...
28 Sep 202116min
The case for virtuous virtue signalling | Kwame Anthony Appiah, Crystal Fleming, David Goodhart
Are we all hypocrites?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesMost of us want to be good and be seen to be good. But aren't these goals contradictory? Isn't ...
14 Sep 202143min
Consciousness Beyond Time | Laura Mersini-Houghton, Paul Davies, Craig Callender, Hilary Lawson
Might consciousness operate in an entirely different sphere, outside of the world of space and time? Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe imagine ourse...
7 Sep 202147min
Can wireheading cause real pleasure | Anders Sandberg
Sci-fi dream or reality? Listen to find out!Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesThe practice of putting electrodes in the pleasure centres of the brain -...
31 Aug 202128min
