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Helen Yetter-Chappell: Is Consciousness Everything? Quasi-Berkeleyan Idealism Without God
Episode 19
Helen Yetter-Chappell is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. She received her PhD from Princeton University, and has since been a Bersoff Fellow at NYU and a lecturer at …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Chris Frith: What Is The Function of Consciousness? The Evolutionary Purpose Of Conscious Minds
Episode 18
Chris Frith is Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London (UCL), Visiting Professor at the Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus Uni…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Helen Steward: Why Do We Have Free Will? Libertarianism & The Advantage Of Agency
Episode 17
Helen Steward is Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Action at the University of Leeds. Her interests include the metaphysics and ontology of mind and agency; the free will problem; the relation betw…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Mark Solms: Where Is The Source Of Consciousness? The Hidden Spring & The Cortical Fallacy
Episode 16
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 int…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Noam Chomsky: What Is The Mind-Body Problem? The Hard Problem Of Consciousness & Materialism
Episode 15
Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. He is a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Known as "the father …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Iain McGilchrist: Why Are Our Brains Divided? Hemispheric Differences And Its Impact On The Mind
Episode 14
Iain McGilchrist is a Consultant Emeritus of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital, London, a former research Fellow in Neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, a former Fellow…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Donald Hoffman: Is Reality An Illusion? Interface Theory of Perception & Conscious Realism
Episode 13
Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his BA from the University of California, Los Angeles in Quantitative Psychology, and rec…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Michael Levin: What Is Bioelectrical Intelligence? Technological Approach To Minds Everywhere
Episode 12
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 th…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Patricia Churchland: Why Do We Have A Conscience? Moral Intuition & Eliminative Materialism
Episode 11
Patricia Churchland is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego and an Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute. She holds degrees from Oxford University, the Univers…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Gregg Caruso: Is Free Will Real? Hard Incompatibilism, Moral Luck & Rejecting Retributivism
Episode 10
Gregg Caruso is Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning, Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities, and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is also Co-Director of …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago