122 - David Pizarro: Moral Psychology, Praise & Blame, Disgust & Politics
David Pizarro is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. While he teaches and publicly discusses a wide variety of material in the discipline, his primary research interest is in moral judgment...
2 Aug 20231h 49min
121 - Julian Barbour: Thermodynamics, Boltzmann Brains, and a New Theory of Time
Julian Barbour is a physicist working in the foundations of physics and quantum gravity, with a special interest in time and the history of science. In this episode, Julian and Robinson discuss thermo...
30 Juli 20231h 57min
120 - Simon Blackburn: Vanity, Narcissism, Lust, and Pride
Simon Blackburn was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This is Simon’s sec...
28 Juli 20231h 3min
119 - Mark Solms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Source of Consciousness
Mark Solms is professor of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cape Town. He is also a psychoanalyst, and while Mark’s early research focused on the brain mechanisms of ...
26 Juli 20231h 32min
118 - Slavoj Žižek & Sean Carroll: Quantum Physics, the Multiverse, and Time Travel
Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University, and a senior researcher at the University of...
23 Juli 20231h 48min
117 - Anna Lembke: Dopamine, Drug Addiction, and Recovery
Dr. Anna Lembke received her undergraduate degree in Humanities from Yale University and and her medical degree from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Medical Director of Addiction M...
21 Juli 20231h 28min
116 - Massimo Pigliucci: Pseudoscience, Conspiracy Theories, and the Public Intellectual
Massimo Pigliucci is K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, where he specializes in both ancient philosophy and the philosophy of science. In addition to a doctorate in...
19 Juli 20231h 6min
115 - Craig Callender & Tim Maudlin: Time Travel, Time’s Arrow, and The Block Universe
Craig Callender is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego. Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bel...
16 Juli 20232h 5min
