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Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah - Modern Civilization And Messiahs - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century pessimist philosopher and environmentalist Peter Wessel Zapffe's "The Last Messiah" It focuses specifically on the final parts of the work, where he considers and rejects several possible solutions to the problem posed by mod ... Show More

12m 59s

Apr 21

Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah - Diversion As A Suppression Mechanism - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century pessimist philosopher and environmentalist Peter Wessel Zapffe's "The Last Messiah" It focuses specifically on the third of the four "suppression mechanisms" that he identifies, which he calls "diversion". It might also be ac ... Show More

13m 49s

Apr 19

Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah - Attachment As A Suppression Mechanism - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century pessimist philosopher and environmentalist Peter Wessel Zapffe's "The Last Messiah" It focuses specifically on attachment as one of the four "suppression mechanisms" he discusses in the essay, which involves creating fixed po ... Show More

10m 38s

Feb 2024

E85 - Alex O’Connor: Philosopher Reflects On Death, Atheism, Morality & Meaning

Today we are joined by the Cosmic Skeptic, Alex O'Connor, for a fascinating look into philosophy, atheism, and the pursuit of an ethical life. Alex has gained recognition for his unique perspective on reality, which he interprets through the lenses of materialism and agnos ... Show More

1h 30m

Oct 2025

Episode 147, 'Creator or Cosmos' with Tim Mawson and Asha Lancaster-Thomas (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Across the world, belief in God continues to be widespread and, among philosophers, has long been considered one solution to the problems of the world's origin, fine-tuned nature, and purpose. However, in the West, very few people have considered alternative concepts of God credi ... Show More

38m 35s

Jul 2023

Episode 120, The Mystery of Existence (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Introduction This episode features Jack Symes in conversation with four of the biggest names in philosophy: Richard Dawkins (representing science and atheism), Jessica Frazier (on Hinduism), Silvia Jonas (speaking on Jewish philosophy) ... Show More

54m 25s

Dec 2017

Episode 29, Stephen Law and 'The Evil-God Challenge' (Part I)

This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twit ... Show More

1h 11m

Aug 2019

Is God the cause of the Universe? Andrew T Loke vs Alex Malpass

Andrew Loke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hong Kong Baptist University and the author of ‘God and Ultimate Origins: A Novel Cosmological Argument’ in which he makes a number of philosophical arguments for God as the cause of the Universe. Atheist ... Show More

1h 26m

Sep 2008

Adrian Moore on Metaphysics

Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions.

31m 56s

Apr 2018

Episode 36, The Daniel Dennett Interview (Part I - Philosophy of Religion)

Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. 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. In the words of A. C. Grayling ... Show More

1h 11m

Jan 2022

Episode 103, 'Nudges' with Thomas Schramme (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Introduction Given the choice, who wouldn't increase the balance in their bank account, switch into a fit and healthy body, find themselves in a meaningful career, and cultivate happiness and love in their relationships? These are pref ... Show More

48m 11s

Nov 2019

Episode 68, The Abigail Thorn Interview (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Abigail Thorn is an actor and educator, best known as the creator and host of the popular YouTube channel <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2PA-AKmVpU6NKCGtZq_rKQ">Philosophy Tube</a>. Boasting around half a million subscribers, Abigail's channel is notoriou ... Show More

41m 59s

Apr 2017

Episode 16, Søren Kierkegaard (Part III)

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a man who did not consider himself a philosopher but rather a poet. He showed disdain to the rigid academic systems that theology and philosophy were producing during his time, and his writings were often in complete opposition to their way of ... Show More

31m 29s

The University Discussion - Basil Mitche...