Consciousness - a science or a philosoph...

Does philosophy still matter in today's world? If so, why are students less and less interested in studying in it?In a special episode from the IAI archives, Mary Midgley addresses the declining interest in philosophy among young people. Instead of an outdated discipline for old ... Show More

Why has gender identity become such a controversial talking point in modern politics?Judith Butler, pioneering gender theorist whose changed the way we think about gender and sexuality, explores the topic of their most recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender? (March 2024). Butler off ... Show More

Nadine Dijkstra is a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Neurology at UCL. Her research in Imaging Neuroscience explores how the brain generates mental images and differentiates them from actual perception. Utilizing neuroimaging, psychophysics, machine learning, and compu ... Show More

In part two of our interview with physicist & consciousness researcher Thomas Campbell, author of My Big T.O.E. (Theory of Everything), we're going beyond simulation & virtual reality theory and diving deep into practical meditation tips (especially for beginners and those who st ... 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>Sam Harris speaks with Christof Koch about the nature of consciousness. They discuss Christof's development as a neuroscientist, his collaboration with Francis Crick, change blindness and binocular rivalry, sleep and anesthesia, the limits of physicalism, non-locality, brains ... Show More

In this mind-blowing first part of our interview with physicist & consciousness researcher Thomas Campbell, author of My Big T.O.E. (Theory of Everything), we dive into the mysteries of virtual reality theory. Campbell reveals the quantum mechanic truths behind metaphysical pheno ... Show More

<p class="">The smell of coffee, the taste of asparagus, the warmth of a hug, and the agony of death: conscious experience makes up the fabric of our world, yet many consider it to be the most intractable mystery in philosophy and science. <em>What is it like</em> to undergo expe ... Show More

<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p>Imagine the smile on your parent's face as you rush to meet them at the school gates, the soft heat of the sand between your toes on a first holiday, waking up in the haze of a late afternoon after dancing all night, the drop in your stomac ... Show More