Episodes

May 18, 2024

Stephen Law: Could God be Evil? Belief in the Supernatural & The Evil…

Stephen Law is a Philosopher and Author. Currently director of Philosophy and Course Director of the Certificate of Higher Education at the Department of Continuing Education at Oxford University, he was formerly Reader in Ph...

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May 6, 2024

Ogi Ogas: Can this Unified Theory of Consciousness Explain all States…

Ogi Ogas is a Mathematical Neuroscientist and Author. He attained his PhD in Computational Neuroscience at Boston University. He was a United States Department of Homeland Security Fellow during his graduate studies, and is t...

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Dec. 21, 2023

Donald Hoffman: What is an "Observer"? New Discovery in Search of "On…

Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of ...

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Dec. 16, 2023

Karl Friston: How does Death Shape Life? Mortal Computation & the Fie…

Professor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of Yor...

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Dec. 15, 2023

Stephen Grossberg: A Unified Theory of Consciousness? Adaptive Resona…

Stephen Grossberg is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics & Statistics, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He is Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems & Director of the Cent...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Michael Muthukrishna: What is a Theory of Everyone? Who We Are, How W…

Michael Muthukrishna is Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics. He has degrees in Engineering and psychology, with graduate training in economics, biology, and statistics. At 32, Michael ...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Michael Shermer: Why Do The Rational Believe The Irrational? Biases, …

Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the author of New York Ti...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Edouard Machery: When does Science go Wrong? Issues with Common Sense…

🧠 Delve into the Frontiers of Experimental Philosophy with Prof Edouard Machery 📚 Welcome to our latest podcast episode, where we engage in a profound exploration of philosophy, consciousness, and free will with Edouard Mach...

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Nov. 19, 2023

John Horgan: Can Science Explain Everything? Scientism & Philosophy's…

🧠 Dive into the Depths of the Mind-Body Problem with John Horgan 📚 Welcome to our latest podcast episode, where we embark on an exploration of science & consciousness with John Horgan, a distinguished science writer, journali...

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Nov. 19, 2023

Anand Vaidya: What Is Pure Consciousness? Non-Dualism & Indian Philos…

🧠 Dive into the Fascinating World of Indian Philosophy with Prof Anand Vaidya 📚 In this episode of Mind-Body Solution, we embark on an intellectual journey into the depths of Indian Philosophy with Dr Vaidya, a distinguished ...

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Oct. 25, 2023

David Wolpert: What Can We Really Know About That Which We Cannot Eve…

David Wolpert is a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, external professor at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, adjunct professor at ASU, and research associate at the ICTP in Trieste. He is the author of three books (and...

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Oct. 25, 2023

Manil Suri: Can We Build The Universe Using Only Math? The Big Bang O…

Manil Suri is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math, as well as three internationally ...

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Oct. 7, 2023

Avi Loeb: Where is Everybody? Fermi's Paradox & the Scientific Search…

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. He is a Theoretical Astrophysicist and Bestselling Author. Avi has written 8 books and has over 800 academic publications on black hol...

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Oct. 7, 2023

Lawrence Krauss: Does Science Need Philosophy? The Unbelievers, Known…

Lawrence Krauss is a world-renowned theoretical physicist, commentator, bestselling author, President of The Origins Project Foundation and host of the Origins Podcast. He is one of the few prominent scientists today to have ...

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Oct. 2, 2023

François Kammerer: Is Consciousness Real? Illusionism As A Theory Of …

François Kammerer is a French Philosopher of Mind. He received training in philosophy at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (MA) and at the Université Paris-Sorbonne (PhD). After his PhD, he held positions as a lecturer in ...

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Oct. 2, 2023

Mark Solms: How Do Dreams Relate To Consciousness? Why We Dream & The…

Professor Mark Solms has spent his entire career investigating the mysteries of consciousness. Best known for identifying the brain mechanisms of dreaming and for bringing psychoanalytic insights into modern neuroscience, he ...

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Sept. 17, 2023

Randolph Nesse: Are There Good Reasons For Bad Feelings? The Evolutio…

Randolph Nesse is the Founder of Evolutionary Medicine & Psychiatry. He is Professor Emeritus of the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan; Research Professor ...

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Sept. 11, 2023

Stephen Grossberg: How Does Each Brain Make A Mind? Adaptive Resonanc…

Stephen Grossberg is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics & Statistics, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He is Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems & Director of the Cent...

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Aug. 19, 2023

Michael Levin: What Is The Field Of Diverse Intelligence (DI)? All Po…

Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University. He holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regener...

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Aug. 12, 2023

Kevin Mitchell: How Did Evolution Give Us Free Will? Free Agents & Co…

Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He is a graduate of the Genetics Department, Trinity College Dublin (B.A., Mod. 1991) and received his Ph.D. from the University of...

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Aug. 6, 2023

Tim Maudlin: Was Einstein Wrong? Bell's Inequality & Universal Non-Lo…

Tim Maudlin is an American philosopher of science who has done influential work on the metaphysical foundations of physics and logic. He studied physics and philosophy at Yale University, and history and philosophy of science...

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July 28, 2023

Ogi Ogas: How Did Thinking Emerge From Chaos? Journey Of The Mind, Su…

Ogi Ogas is a Mathematical Neuroscientist and Author. He attained his PhD in Computational Neuroscience at Boston University. He was a United States Department of Homeland Security Fellow during his graduate studies, and is t...

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July 22, 2023

Thomas Metzinger: Is The Self An Illusion? Minimal Phenomenal Selfhoo…

Thomas Metzinger is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. He is the author of The Ego Tunnel and Being No One (MIT Press), the coeditor of Open MIND, and the editor of Neural Correla...

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July 16, 2023

Tevin Naidu: What is Mind-Body Solution? A Quest to Conquer the Mind-…

Special thanks to Sigma Series for allowing me to re-post this wonderful interview on Mind-Body Solution. Formerly named "The Truth", "Sigma Series" seeks to better understand the fundamental nature of reality through philoso...

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