Physicist Lisa Randall discusses the allure and dangers of equating beautiful advances with scientific achievement.

Maurice Glasman and Sohrab Amari discuss whether we are witnessing the end of liberalism, and if so, what will follow it.

Jaron Lanier, a visionary computer scientists, composer and futurist, explores what art and creativity will look like in the AI age.

Anders Sandberg discusses the ever-increasing possiblity of 'mind uploading', and the philosophical and ethical questions which it produces.

Philosopher James Tartaglia explores the idealist view of consciousness in which experience is divided into the phenomenal and the transcendent.

Richard Tice explains how Reform has disrupted the two-party system and the seemingly contradictory left and right-wing policies behind it.

Does philosophy still matter in today's world? If so, why are students less and less interested in studying in it?In a special episode from the IAI archives, Mary Midgley addresses the declining interest in philosophy among young people. Instead of an outdated discipline for old people with too much time on their hands, Midgley argues that philosophy is more important than ever if we wish to understand the world around us, beyond the narrow spheres of the traditional sciences. Don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such talks live, check out our philosophy festivals: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Nadine Dijkstra is a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Neurology at UCL. Her research in Imaging Neuroscience explores how the brain generates mental images and differentiates them from actual perception. Utilizing neuroimaging, psychophysics, machine learning, and computational modeling, Dijkstra addresses fundamental questions about the overlap between perception and imagery.Recently, Dijkstra has been leading the Imagine Reality Lab at UCL's Department of Imaging Neuroscience, focusing on the intersection of imagination and reality. Dijkstra's 2023 paper in Nature Communications showed the brain evaluates images against a 'reality threshold' to distinguish between images and perception. Her work also investigates how changes in these neural processes could impact mental health.Check out our new series, Ideas for Our Time: https://youtu.be/nYS4FylZJ2QDon't hesitate to email us at [email protected] with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such debates live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Neuroscientist and theoretical physicist Àlex Gómez-Marín argues that the brain may not produce consciousness, but instead may filter or permit it.