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It's become increasingly clear that the Turing Test -- determining whether human interlocutors can tell whether a conversation is being carried out by a human or a machine -- is not a good way to think about consciousness. Modern LLMs can mimic human conversation with extraordina ... Show More

Time for the holiday message! Rounding off the year with a brief and casual reflection on some issue that doesn't quite rise to the level of a full solo podcast. And hopefully something uplifting.This year, I offer a short apologia for higher education in the liberal arts and sci ... Show More

Welcome to the December 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whet ... 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>All metaphysical theories are…really weird. In episode 134 of Overthink, Ellie and David chat with Eric Schwitzgebel about his book Weirdness of the World. They think through the difference between weirdness and bizarreness, the nonsensical nature of philosophical theories, an ... Show More

<p>Why has the concept of consciousness stumped scientists forever? Is there a way of overcoming this impasse?</p><p>Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes</p><p><br></p><p>Join physicist and philosopher Avshalom Elitzur as he fearless ... Show More

<p>How will our scientists know if they are looking at complex phenomena from the wrong perspective? Have we taken the wrong approach to understanding the quantum world? Join Slavoj Žižek for an exclusive interview as he discusses the current state of quantum physics and question ... Show More

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with author, lecturer, and podcaster Spencer Klavan. They discuss the fruits and follies of the postmodern worldview, how our conscious and subconscious rank order data and form perceptions, where disparate creation myths and biblical depictions o ... Show More

<p><strong>How to be a Stoic</strong></p><p>What can Zeno of Citium teach you about going to the movie theatre?</p><p>Join philosopher and author Massimo Pigliucci for part two of a series on the ancient practice of Stoicism, exploring and analysing ideas from Seneca, Marcus Aure ... 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

<p>What should time mean to us?</p><p>Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a philosopher of mind who specialises in the thought of Alfred North Whitehead, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Benedict de Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. In this talk, he combin ... Show More