Philip Goff is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and an author.
Consciousness is the most evident of all phenomenons. It's the one thing we can actually be sure of, and yet we have a very limited understanding of what it is and why it's here.
Expect to learn the main philosophical positions on consciousness, why Philip thinks the old proposals ... Show More
Yesterday
The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161
Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.org Expect to learn the most valuable lessons from over 500+ personal development books, why understanding values are so hard, which popular self-help advice turned out to have surprisingly little sub ... Show More
1h 27m
Oct 8
CIA Whistleblower: “The Shadow Government Is Real” - John Kiriakou - #1160
John Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, intelligence whistleblower, journalist, and author. Expect to learn who’s actually controlling the US government, what John thinks of the new Paramount/Warner Bros. Skydance Merger, why we should be worried about and taking ... Show More
2h 36m
Dec 2024
Does the Universe Have a Purpose? w/ Philip Goff
This week Scott is joined by author, philosopher, and professor at Durham University, Philip Goff. Scott and Philip discuss evidence for the existence of god, whether the universe has any purpose, and the function of religion in society. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in ... Show More
55m 37s
Apr 2022
#89: Consciousness, Perception & Reality - Donald Hoffman, PhD
Donald Hoffman, PhD is a cognitive scientist and author of The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He is currently a professor at UC Irvine, where he studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology. On this episode, we "take the r ... Show More
50m 56s
Jul 2024
#374 — Consciousness and the Physical World
<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
42m 7s