Embracing Catastrophe

Josh explains that to survive the next century or two – to navigate our existential threats – all of us will have to become informed and involved. It will take a movement that gets behind science done right to make it through the Great Filter. (Original score by Point Lobo.) Inte ... Show More

There’s one last thing. Maybe the reason why we don’t see other intelligent life, maybe the reason we are in the astoundingly unique position of having to save the future of the human race, is because we are simulated human beings. It would explain a lot. (Original score by Point ... Show More

<p>Should we follow our philosophical conclusions wherever they take us? Or is there a hard wall of common sense that we are beholden to?</p><p>Listen to some of today's leading philosophers in science and metaphysics as they talk it out!</p><p>Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philoso ... Show More

<p>It is common to refer to philosophy as "a series of footnotes to Plato." But in the original quote, Alfred North Whitehead was more careful: he limited his characterization to "the European philosophical tradition." There are other traditions, both ancient and ongoing: Chinese ... Show More

<p><strong>Nietzsche, the birth of tragedy, and the technology trap with Babette Babich</strong></p><p>Babette Babich discusses Nietzsche, the importance of tragedy, and the danger of technology interfering with our judgement. Babette Babich is a world renowned Professor of Philo ... Show More

<p>Oxford philosophy professor Timothy Williamson talks to us about his new book, <em>Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy</em>.</p> <p>How can we best apply the insights of philosophy of science to philosophy itself? Maybe some alleged philosophical counter-examples are just ... Show More

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John Cottingham (born 1943) is an English philosopher. The focus of his research has been early-modern philosophy (especially Descartes), the philosophy of religion and moral philosophy. He is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professorial Research ... Show More

The "Easy Problems" of consciousness have to do with how the brain takes in information, thinks about it, and turns it into action. The "Hard Problem," on the other hand, is the task of explaining our individual, subjective, first-person experiences of the world. What is it like ... Show More

<p><strong>Nietzsche, the birth of tragedy, and the technology trap with Babette Babich</strong></p><p>Do life's struggles make the search for meaning a hopeless endeavour?</p><p>Join renowned, continental philosopher Babette Babich as she explains the Nietzschean path to finding ... Show More