Slavoj Žižek talking about the big Other in Lacan in relation to Alain Badiou’s theory of the Event. In this lecture Slavoj Žižek discusses the universality of anxiety, Lacan’s theory of truth and subjectivity, the inconsistency of the symbolic structure … Continue reading →
Jul 2024
E106 - Donald Hoffman: The Emerging Science, “We Are ONE Consciousness” - Life, Death & The Simulation
<p>Donald Hoffman is back on Know Thyself today to explore the constraints of time and space, and how they shape our understanding of the world around us. He discusses the "headset analogy" - the idea that our senses act as a kind of cognitive filter, preventing us from ... Show More
2h 20m
Apr 2018
Episode 36, The Daniel Dennett Interview (Part II - Philosophy of Mind)
<p>Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast.</p> <p>Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett's work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast.</p> <p>In the words of A. C. Grayling, Pro ... Show More
45m 41s
May 2024
Episode 130, 'The Dialectics of Nothingness' with Gregory S. Moss and Takeshi Morisato (Part I - The Kyoto School)
<p class="">In the early part of the twentieth century, three thinkers – Nishida Kitarō, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji – founded the Kyoto School of Philosophy, a group of scholars working at the intersection of Japanese and European thought. The Kyoto School, deeply influen ... Show More
40m 42s
Nov 2022
Episode 112, 'The Philosophy of Buddhism' with Jay Garfield (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1664013603609_579" class="">A prick of the skin; the sorrow of grief; the inevitability of change; our dependence on the whim of the cosmos. Suffering bleeds into every aspect of our existence and, according to Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), the anguish of o ... Show More
49m 2s