Branches of Philosophy Podcast

An introduction and summary of "Mechanisms and Consciousness Integrating Phenomenology with Cognitive Science" By Marek Pokropski 2021 This book develops a new approach to naturalizing phenomenology. ...

13 Okt 202418min

An introduction and summary of "Actual Consciousness" By Ted Honderich 2014 What is it for you to be conscious? There is no agreement whatever in philosophy or science: it has remained a hard problem,...

12 Okt 202421min

An introduction and summary of "Extending the Extended MindFrom Cognition to Consciousness" By Pii Telakivi 2023This book argues that conscious experience is sometimes extended outside the brain and b...

11 Okt 202412min

An introduction and summary of "Darwin's Dangerous IdeaEvolution and the Meanings of Life" By Daniel C. Dennett 1996In Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life Daniel C. Dennett arg...

11 Okt 202419min

An introduction and summary of "Waking Up A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion" By Sam Harris 2015For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York...

10 Okt 202420min

An introduction and summary of "War in the Age of Intelligent Machines" By Manuel DeLanda 1991In the aftermath of the methodical destruction of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War, the power and efficien...

10 Okt 202438min

An introduction and summary of "Being and Time" By Martin Heidegger 1927 Being and Time (German: Sein und Zeit) is the 1927 magnum opus of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and a key document of exi...

10 Okt 202414min

An introduction and summary of "The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes" By Steven Pinker 2011Wasn't the twentieth century the most violent in history? In hi...

9 Okt 202426min