Philosophy For Our Times
Philosophy For Our Times
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Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode.
The future of the right | Sohrab Ahmari, Gawain Towler, Rachel Maclean, Mark Littlewood
Sohrab Ahmari, Gawain Towler, Rachel Maclean and Mark Littlewood discuss whether what it means to be 'right-wing' has fundamentally changed.
Aug 11
44 min
Love is more than magic | Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton discusses the philosophy behind who we love, exploring Freud, the Ancient Greeks and voyeurs.
Aug 4
35 min
In the name of reason | Steve Fuller, Miriam Schoenfield, Dan Sperber
Steve Fuller, Miriach Schoenfield and Dan Sperber discuss what 'reason' looks like in this unprecedented era of human existence.
Jul 28
40 min
The mind is not a machine | Iain McGilchrist
Iain McGilchrist argues that to understand mind and matter, we need to restore the right hemisphere to its rightful primacy and move beyond matieralism.
Jul 21
21 min
Anxiety and the soul's itch | Sarah Wilson
Social philosopher Sarah Wilson explores what anxiety - or the 'soul's itch' - can tell us about living life more meaningfully.
Jul 14
26 min
Truth, beauty and other misconceptions | Lisa Randall
Physicist Lisa Randall discusses the allure and dangers of equating beautiful advances with scientific achievement.
Jul 7
22 min
The world after liberalism | Maurice Glasman & Sohrab Amari
Maurice Glasman and Sohrab Amari discuss whether we are witnessing the end of liberalism, and if so, what will follow it.
Jun 30
32 min
Why artists shouldn't fear AI | Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, a visionary computer scientists, composer and futurist, explores what art and creativity will look like in the AI age.
Jun 23
30 min
Copying consciousness: the future of mind uploading | Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg discusses the ever-increasing possiblity of 'mind uploading', and the philosophical and ethical questions which it produces.
Jun 16
37 min
The return of idealism | James Tartaglia
Philosopher James Tartaglia explores the idealist view of consciousness in which experience is divided into the phenomenal and the transcendent.
Jun 9
28 min
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