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London FuturistsAnticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, with Henry ShevlinOur guest in this episode is Henry Shevlin. Henry is the Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, where he also co-directs the Kinds of Intelligence program and oversees educational initiatives. He researches the potential for machines to possess consciousness, the ethical ramifications of such developments, and the broader implications for our understanding of intelligence. In his 2024 paper, “Consciousness, Machines, and Moral Status,” Henry examines the recent rapid advancements in machine learning and the questions they raise about machine consciousness and moral status. He suggests that public...2025-05-2841 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastI Am Still This - The Deeper Thinking PodcastI Am Still This: On Identity, Presence, and the Rhythm of Return
The Deeper Thinking Podcast
For anyone drawn to the quiet persistence of selfhood, the rhythm of return, and the gentle metaphysics of presence.
What does it mean to be someone—continuously, recognizably, and without spectacle? This episode moves gently through the terrain of identity, memory, and presence, suggesting that what endures may not be coherence or story, but rhythm—the soft act of returning to one’s center, again and again. Through sensory metaphor and philosophical atmosphere, it considers how the self p...2025-05-0620 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastAI, Governance, and the Fate of Human Purpose - The Deeper Thinking PodcastAI, Governance, and the Fate of Human Purpose
The Deeper Thinking Podcast
Not a warning. A reckoning. And a philosophical invitation to rethink what it means to lead, to know, and to matter.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant speculation but a force that reshapes the very architecture of governance, labor, and meaning. In this extended episode, we explore how AI doesn’t just assist—it initiates, strategizes, and designs, raising a profound question: if intelligence becomes detached from the human, what becomes of purpose?
Through the lens of Thom...2025-03-1833 min
Fri Tanke-poddenGalen Strawson: On Consciousness, Panpsychism, and Free WillIn this episode, we sit down with philosopher Galen Strawson to explore his work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and free will. Strawson discusses his belief in panpsychism, why he sees experientiality as the foundation of reality, and his critiques of both materialism and idealism. He also reflects on growing up in a family of philosophers, his influences, and current projects, such as rethinking Descartes and revisiting Bertrand Russell's mind-body insights.How can matter be fundamentally experiential? And if you're not responsible for who you are, how can you be responsible for what you do?2025-01-1729 min
El Abrazo del Oso PodcastConsciencia: Transhumanismo y panpsiquismo - La Contraportada - Episodio exclusivo para mecenasAgradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! ¿Es posible que la consciencia humana pueda volcarse en un soporte informático y seguir desarrollando su actividad fuera del cuerpo? ¿Existe la consciencia en el universo como un elemento que forma parte de él incluso antes de la existencia del ser humano? Estos son algunos de los temas que tratamos en esta Contraportada para mecenas del programa como continuación al episodio sobre la consciencia dentro de la serie sobre la historia de la filosofía. Con Francisco J. García analizam...2024-12-1037 min
In Our TimePanpsychismMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that some kind of consciousness is present not just in our human brains but throughout the universe, right down to cells or even electrons. This is panpsychism and its proponents argue it offers a compelling alternative to those who say we are nothing but matter, like machines, and to those who say we are both matter and something else we might call soul. It is a third way. Critics argue panpsychism is implausible, an example of how not to approach this problem, yet interest has been growing widely in recent decades partly...2024-02-2253 min
In Our Time: PhilosophyPanpsychismMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that some kind of consciousness is present not just in our human brains but throughout the universe, right down to cells or even electrons. This is panpsychism and its proponents argue it offers a compelling alternative to those who say we are nothing but matter, like machines, and to those who say we are both matter and something else we might call soul. It is a third way. Critics argue panpsychism is implausible, an example of how not to approach this problem, yet interest has been growing widely in recent decades partly...2024-02-2253 min
Finding Our MindsMultiple SelvesWrite to us, we want to hear from you!In this episode Dr. Arnd-Caddigan breaks down the concept of multiple selves, and the experience of multiple selves in a dissociative context. How does one unify the self? What is the difference between multiple selves and multiple experiences?Works cited in today's episode:Steven Kuchuck: The Relational Revolution in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.Richard Schwartz: ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/internal-family-systems-model-outlineRichard Schwartz: Internal Family Systems Therapy, 2nd EditionGalen Strawson: SelvesGalen Strawson: The Subject of Experience2022-11-3033 min
Stressivapaa johtaja | Näkökulmia henkilökohtaiseen kasvuunSJ - Narratiivinen vs. episodinen elämäTässä jaksossa kerron mitä eroa on kahdella tavalla elää ja olla. Nuo tavat ovat narratiivinen ja episodinen, ja sanojen takana on brittifilosofi Galen Strawson. Kokemuksen takana, sen sijaan, on se, joka olet - huomiokyky, jossa kaikki tapahtuu. Siinä me, kuten sanotaan, olemme yhtä. Ja jotta kaikki ei olisi näin raskasta, soitan jakson lopussa Oldies But Goldies-osastoa, Cliff Barnes-yhtyeeni laulun Wintertime vuodelta 1999. Jos haluat tilata koulutuksen, luennon tai valmennuksen, ota yhteyttä: jpjako@gmail.com Lue kirjojani: https://www.stressivapaajohtaja.fi/kirjat/2022-11-3012 minFinding Our MindsTHE HEALTHY SELFWrite to us, we want to hear from you!Today's episode explores how we define a healthy sense of self. Books referenced in today's episode:Galen Strawson: Selves; The Subject of ExperienceJiri Benovsky: Mind and Matter: Panpsychism, Dual-Aspect Monism,and the Combination ProblemDaniel Stern: The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View fromPsychoanalysis and Developmental PsychologyPeter Fonagy: Affect Regulation, Mentalization and the Developmentof the Self.2022-11-0140 min
Humans On The Loop193 - Kimberly Dill on Environmental Philosophy: In Defense of Wildness & NightThis week I talk with environmental philosopher and Santa Clara Clara Assistant Professor Kimberly Dill, an old friend of mine from Austin, Texas whom I met at Bouldin Creek Coffee over lemon maté sours and a deep dive into Eastern nondual traditions while she was in school studying arguments against free will under acclaimed analytic philosopher Galen Strawson. She has since grown into a formidable scholar and ethics instructor in her own right and positively exudes a studious, diligent, caring, and starry-eyed vibe at all times…an utterly unique and finely-honed heart and intellect who stands out from the res...2022-10-301h 59
Philosophy For Our TimesIs moral responsibility an illusion? | Galen Strawson, Massimo Pigliucci, Sarah GarfinkelAre we incarcerating the innocent?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesNote: this episode was recorded live at our philosophy festival HowTheLightGetsIn.Some argue behaviour is a product of our genes. Others that upbringing and environment play the primary role in determining who we are. So do we carry no responsibility for our actions? Courts have on occasion made judgments in this light. In 2006 Bradley Waldroup was acquitted of murder because he was found to have an unusual variant of a 'warrior gene' and to have been a...2022-10-2543 minPhilosophy For Our TimesIs moral responsibility an illusion? | Galen Strawson, Massimo Pigliucci, Sarah GarfinkelAre we incarcerating the innocent?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesNote: this episode was recorded live at our philosophy festival HowTheLightGetsIn.Some argue behaviour is a product of our genes. Others that upbringing and environment play the primary role in determining who we are. So do we carry no responsibility for our actions? Courts have on occasion made judgments in this light. In 2006 Bradley Waldroup was acquitted of murder because he was found to have an unusual variant of a 'warrior gene' and to have been a...2022-10-2543 minFinding Our MindsSelf and MindWrite to us, we want to hear from you!Dr. Arnd-Caddigan discusses the concept of self and how it is defined from a psychotherapist's perspective. Who or what experiences the concept of self? Works discussed in today's episode include: Jiri Benovsky: Mind and matter: Panpsychism, dual-aspect monism, and the combination problem.Philip Bromberg: Standing in spaces: The multiplicity of the self and the psychoanalytic relationship. In Contemporary Psychoanalysis, volume 32.Lionel Corbett and Leanne Whitney: Jung and non-duality: Some clinical and theoretical implications of self ans totality of the psyche. In the International Journal o...2022-10-1830 minFinding Our MindsYOU AND YOUR BODYWrite to us, we want to hear from you!In this first episode of Season 3 our co-hosts Dr. Mac and Leah Faye attempt to define the "self" while asking the question: What is it we are actually experiencing when we talk about our 'self' as a sensation?Leslie Kean: Surviving Death: A journalist investigates evidence for an afterlifeHarvey J. Irwin & Carolyn J. Watt: An Introduction to Parapsychology 5th Ed. Julie Beischel. Among Mediums: A Scientist’s Quest for AnswersDaniel Stern: The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A view from psychoanalysis and dev...2022-10-0432 min
To The Best Of Our KnowledgeTelling A LifeHow do you tell the story of your life? Do you focus on meaning, accomplishment and hope — or on failure and loss? Psychologists say telling a good life story can make you happier. But do we also create an inauthentic version of ourselves if we turn everything into a narrative? We explore the idea of life stories, and hear why poet and singer Patti Smith chose to "write about nothing" when writing about her own life.
Original Air Date: October 23, 2016
Guests:
Timothy Wilson — Charles Monroe-Kane — Galen Strawson — Alissa Quart — Patti Smith
Interviews In This H...2022-09-1052 min
Plato's CaveEp. 32 - FW/MR: The Four Case Argument and Basic Argument by Galen Strawson and Derk PereboomIn this reading group discussion episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism.
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Kvantum ideíZmena a dynamické systémy63. EPIZÓDA / Dnes pokračujeme v diskusii o slobodnej vôli a determinizme a to z pohľadu povahy zmeny a dynamický systémov. V čom sú živé organizmy iné od zvyšku sveta? Sme schopní podieľať sa na vlastnej zmene? A tým pádom slobodnú vôľu? Ako do tejto diskusie vstupuje kubánska neurovedkyňa a filozofka Alicia Juarrero s jej neo-aristotelovským pohľadom na organizmy ako na dynamické seba-organizujúce sa systémy?----more----
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Kvantum ideíZodpovednosť a determinizmus62. EPIZÓDA / Slobodná vôľa verzus determinizmus a možno únik vo forme kompatibilizmu. Je toto ale správny spôsob rozmýšľania nad touto kľúčovou filozofiou dilemou? Filozof Peter Strawson navrhuje prerámcovať túto diskusie cez prizmu pesimistov a optimistov - a ponúka istú formu zmierenia.----more----
Prečo podľa neho nevieme povedať, čo vlastne determinizmus je? Prečo máme namiesto slobodnej vôle radšej hovoriť o morálnej zodpovednosti? Čo sú to tzv. participatívne reaktívne postoje, bez ktorých nevieme byť, kým sme? A v čom so Strawsonom zásadne nesúhlasí je...2022-05-121h 02Philosophy For Our TimesHas philosophy lost its stories? | Galen Strawson, Patricia Churchland, Hilary LawsonIs metaphysics back in fashion? Or is philosophy getting increasingly lost?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesThe twentieth century began with a revolutionary new approach to philosophy. The great arguments about the nature of reality and human experience were deemed empty and meaningless. A new philosophical broom, in the form of analytic philosophy, claimed to sweep away vacuous grand theories and replace them with hard logic and analysis and a close attention to the meaning of the words. Yet, a hundred years on metaphysics is back. Theories of c...2022-03-2242 minPhilosophy For Our TimesHas philosophy lost its stories? | Galen Strawson, Patricia Churchland, Hilary LawsonIs metaphysics back in fashion? Or is philosophy getting increasingly lost?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesThe twentieth century began with a revolutionary new approach to philosophy. The great arguments about the nature of reality and human experience were deemed empty and meaningless. A new philosophical broom, in the form of analytic philosophy, claimed to sweep away vacuous grand theories and replace them with hard logic and analysis and a close attention to the meaning of the words. Yet, a hundred years on metaphysics is back. Theories of c...2022-03-2242 min
Very Bad WizardsMind Over MatterIt’s the topic voted on by our beloved Patreon patrons, panpsychism! David and Tamler delve into the resurgent debate over whether consciousness is the fundamental stuff that makes up the universe. We hoped we might be entering Miyazaki land - river spirits, benevolent radishes, a universal mind. But is this just the same old philosophy of mind debate with different words? Are there any stakes to this debate or is it purely terminological? Plus – we answer some last-minute questions from listeners on dissertations, Ukraine, pseudoscience, and the music from "The Shield." Sponsored By: BetterHelp: You dese...2022-03-081h 39
Walden Pod46 - Free Will "in the superlative metaphysical sense"Can we be ultimately responsible for what we do? No one denies that we can be the proximate cause of our actions. I made this episode because I wanted to. But being the proximate cause of an action is compatible with determinism – no determinist in their right mind would deny that I made this episode because I wanted to. So is there a deeper sense of responsibility that can be attributed to human beings? One which absolves God, the world, ancestors, luck, and society of what we choose to do?
This deeper kind of responsibility, which Nietzsche disparagingly called “‘freedo...2022-02-2215 min
Seize the Moment PodcastJack Symes: Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind | STM Podcast #120On episode 120, we welcome philosopher Jack Symes of The Panpsychast to discuss the major competing theories of consciousness, the illusions of panpsychist idealism and materialist illusionism, Philip Goff and how his version of pansychism allows for the existence of a material universe, Massimo Piggliuci’s understanding of consciousness as having evolved to help us plan and simulate difficult situations, psychedelic experiences as potential evidence of a universal consciousness, what view of consciousness Jack subscribes to, why a new science may be necessary to understand consciousness, and the greatness of Adam Sandler’s films. Jack Symes is the producer of the...2022-02-131h 12Philosophy For Our TimesFree will, the self and other illusions | Galen StrawsonFree will? Nah...Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesDo we have free will? Are we exercising our agency or following our predetermined destiny? How would we structure our society if we believed that individuals are not responsible for their actions? Or maybe we already do?In this interview analytic philosopher Galen Strawson discusses free will, ultimate moral responsibility and the thin veneer of our own rationality. Strawson probes at how the narratives we require in order to have an idea of the 'self' allow us to f...2022-02-0822 minPhilosophy For Our TimesFree will, the self and other illusions | Galen StrawsonFree will? Nah...Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesDo we have free will? Are we exercising our agency or following our predetermined destiny? How would we structure our society if we believed that individuals are not responsible for their actions? Or maybe we already do?In this interview analytic philosopher Galen Strawson discusses free will, ultimate moral responsibility and the thin veneer of our own rationality. Strawson probes at how the narratives we require in order to have an idea of the 'self' allow us to f...2022-02-0822 min
In The Shed with RyanE18 - Philosophy of the mind and psychedelics with Dr Peter Sjöstedt-H.Episode 18 - Philosophy of the mind and psychedelics with Dr Peter Sjöstedt-H.
Welcome back to the shed, listen or watch on youtube as I dive deep into the world of philosophy of the mind & psychedelics with Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes. Truly a pleasure to talk to with a vast knowledge of the mind and psychedelics.
Below is a copy of Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes bio via his website -
http://www.philosopher.eu/
Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher of mind...2021-12-081h 28
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 3 Episode 20: A Very Bad Wizard Gives An Argument (ft. David Pizarro)Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew watch Christopher Hitchens vs. Sean Hannity on the legacy of Jerry Falwell and then transition to a quick debunk of Prager U's "Healthcare is Not a Right" video. For the main event, Very Bad Wizards co-host David Pizarro and philosophy professor Ryan Lake join Ben to talk about some intersections between socialist political philosophy and the issue of free will and determinism, jumping off from G.A. Cohen's book "Why Not Socialism?" Finally, Professor Jennifer Burgis comes on to talk about Galen Strawson's argument against free will before Ben heads off to hang...2021-12-072h 06
Chasing ConsciousnessIain McGilchrist PHD - NAVIGATING BEYOND MATERIALISMWhat would a post physicalist world look like?
So in this episode we’re going to evaluate the evidence presented by psychiatrist and author Dr. Iain McGilchrist, from his extensive analysis of split-brain studies, that support a broader understanding of the mind and reality. One that pushes beyond the traditional reductionist materialist worldview, to include the implicit, the context dependent and the consciousness dependent.
He’s just released an epic two part book to clarify all of this, ‘The matter with things: Our brains, our delusions and the unmaking of the world’ in which he asks how...2021-12-011h 45
The Academic Imperfectionist#25: You don't know what 'success' means until you know who you areWe talk about success and failure all the time. You're probably in the habit of telling yourself that you'll never succeed, or that other people are more successful than you are. But do you actually know what you mean when you say things like this? Unless you have a clear conception of who you are and what you care about, you have no idea. Join The Academic Imperfectionist to cut through the bullshit stories we tell ourselves about success and failure, and find out how to write your own rules. You can find the Wheel of Life...2021-11-2617 min
Sons of Antiquity PodcastAtheism - Sons of Antiquity Podcast Ep. 5Thanks for tuning in! Here's what we covered: -Defining atheism -Why is Daniel still a cringy atheist in the current year? -Origins of atheism and its journey through history -Notable atheists -Notable attempts at creating an atheist society -Why do some societies abandon religion? -Why widespread atheism is bad! -What is Christianity doing about the rise in atheism? -Evan and Dan agree to disagree OUR LINKS: Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdbF... BitChute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/T667... Twitter @sonsofantiquity Gab @sonsofantiquity Email sonsofantiquitypodcast@gmail.com Facebook Sons of Antiquity References: -Definitions of Atheism and Agnosticism: https...2021-10-091h 50
Philosophy 101#LR2 - Ý chí tự do & trách nhiệm đạo đức - Part 2Không có thứ gì được gọi là trách nhiệm đạo đức cả vì bản chất là con người cũng không có ý chí tự do.
Galen Strawson tin rằng bạn sẽ không phải chịu bất cứ thứ gì gọi là trách nhiệm đạo đức vì tất cả các hành động của bạn đều xảy ra vì những lý do mà bạn không thể kiểm soát. Bác Strawson tin rằng bạn hay bất cứ một ai đều không xứng đáng bị trừng trị và không xứng đáng được tán dương cho bất...2021-09-1810 min
Philosophy 101#LR2 - Ý chí tự do & trách nhiệm đạo đức - Part 1Trách nhiệm đạo đức là gì? - What is moral responsibility?
Trong triết học, bạn được coi là phải chịu trách nhiệm đạo đức cho hành động của mình khi thông qua việc làm hành động đó người khác có lý do chính đáng để nghĩ xấu hay tốt về bạn. Hay nói một cách khác, một ai đó có trách nhiệm đạo đức về hành động của họ khi thông qua hành động đó họ xứng đáng được tán dương (praiseworthy) nếu đó là hành động tốt hoặc họ...2021-09-1114 minWalden Pod40 - What is Naturalism?Naturalists, according to David Papinau, author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on naturalism, urge “that reality is exhausted by nature, containing nothing ‘supernatural’.” Naturalism “has no very precise meaning in contemporary philosophy” beyond this, along with an emphasis on science as a means to understand the natural world.
Naturalism is the view that there is only the natural world. I defend this simple conception of naturalism, ward off a few criticisms, and argue that there’s a kind of parity between the terms “theism” and “naturalism.” In other words, if you don’t have a problem with the term “theism,” you s...2021-08-1922 min
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Pogi Podcast34. Létezik-e szabad akarat? Galen Strawson álláspontjaGalen Strawson brit filozófus szerint nem létezhet szabad akarat. Nem csak minden tudásunk jön ugyanis kívülről, szocializáció útján. De az ezen egymással versengő alternatív tudások, erkölcsi kódok közötti választás szempontrendszere is bizony kívülről jön. Azaz minden. Ha pedig mi magunk nem hozunk létre semmit, akkor nem is lehet rajtunk ezeket számonkérni. Ebből pedig egyenesen következik, hogy az, hogy ki mennyire tud előrejutni a társadalomban, nem egyéni teljesítményének, hanem annak függvénye, hogy mil...2021-07-0213 minWalden Pod35 - A few reasons the combination problem doesn’t bother me muchWhen it comes to the combination problem, there are almost always controversial hidden assumptions about the stuff doing the combining and about the entity being formed by the combining. The assumptions one makes about the self and physical reality alter the difficulty and nature of the combination problem.
As Luke Roelofs has argued in his extensive book, Combining Minds, the combination problem is a much wider problem that doesn’t dissipate if one rejects panpsychism in favor of physicalism. He also convincingly shows that panpsychists are not required to appeal to strong emergence to explain the existence of th...2021-04-0316 min
Chasing ConsciousnessSusan Blackmore PHD - THE HARD PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESSSubjective or Objective?
In this Episode we’re going to be introducing one of the oldest and most talked about problems in philosophy, the problem of consciousness. Just how does our subjective experience as humans relate to our existence as human bodies with brains? For most of the 20th century you couldn’t really talk about this as a serious scientist without being laughed at and told to study something useful. But since the 90’s, with the advancement of MRI brain imaging in neuroscience, and the coining the term The ‘Hard Problem’ by funky philosopher David Chalmers, Consciousne...2021-04-011h 20
A Million Little GodsSeason 1 - Episode 3: "I Am What I Am That I Am - Part I"Aaron begins an examination of what it means to be a self with guest Galen Strawson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-03-0236 minWalden Pod34 - Can physicalism explain phenomenal consciousness?We discuss the ideas that have led me away from physicalism. Specifically, realism about phenomenal consciousness, phenomenal precision, nonemergence (that there is only weak emergence, no strong emergence), monism, the objective/subjective divide, and the explanatory gap.
David Chalmers - Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness [text]
Galen Strawson - Realistic monism: why physicalism entails panpsychism [doc]
Thomas Nagel - Panpsychism [PDF]
Nagel - What is it like to be a bat? [PDF]
Nagel - Subjective and Objective [philpapers]
Philip Goff - Orthodox Property Dualism+The Linguistic...2021-02-1630 min
Walden Pod33 - Schopenhauer on Mind & MatterWe discuss the metaphysical views of pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, as elaborated in his magnum opus, The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer developed a fascinating dual-aspect monism, according to which from outside, the world appears as representation, but from inside, it appears as will: ontological monism and epistemological dualism. To Schopenhauer, desire-driven will is what we are from inside, and he goes on to argue that we should think of the underlying reality of all appearance in the same way. You represent my will as a body, but I know that there’s an underlying reality to your representation th...2020-12-2524 min
On The Very Idea - A Philosophy PodcastNarrativity (Part 2) -When You Don't Think of Your Life as a StoryIn this second episode of a two part series on narrativity, I look to flesh out an account of how we can think of our life if we don't think of it as story. People who are non-narratives in this way are often episodic. They live their life in chunks or episodes giving limited thought about their past and future without being obsessed with either. Episodic people tend to live in the day and the week and the month that they find themselves in without trying to consciously weave their 'now' into a coherent story with their self from c...2020-11-1117 minOn The Very Idea - A Philosophy PodcastThe Tyranny of Narrativity (Part 1) - Is Life Just One Big Self-Authored Story?In this first episode of a two part series, I look at the idea of how we make sense of our lives to ourselves. Our life is a big jumble of events. How do I think about my life and understand these events so that they cohere into something that constitutes a life, a self, an identity. By far, the most popular notion of doing this is to structure these events as a story. Academia has seized on this notion of making sense of our lives through narrativity so much so that it has become one of the few (near) c...2020-10-3017 min
The Drug Science Podcast31. The Philosophy of Psychedelics with Dr. Peter HughesAfter discovering that there was very little literature review regarding the impact of psychedelics on the philosophy of the mind, philosopher Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes started to research how these drugs have impacted western philosophy. On this episode of the podcast, Peter examines the cultural history of the philosophy of psychedelics and how they’ve shaped philosophers’ perceptions of consciousness and reality. Dr Peter Sjöstedt-H is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher of mind who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. Following his degree in Continental Philos...2020-10-0649 min
FalAção25 - Transparência e Confiança na Comunicação, com Hamilton dos SantosPara comemorar a marca de 25 episódios lançados, o FalAção convidou Hamilton dos Santos, o diretor geral da Aberje, que trouxe uma reflexão sobre Transparência, Confiança e Comunicação.
Ao final do episódio, Hamilton recomenda os seguintes livros:
- "Sociedade da Transparência", de Byung-Chul Han
- "Contra a Empatia", de Paul Bloom
- "Contra Narratividade", de Galen Strawson
- "On Bullshit", de Harry G. Frankfurt2020-09-0729 min
The Dan Norton Show#22 - A conversation with Prof. Jason ThibodeauThe coronavirus outbreak: How Jesus or Mother Teresa would act vs. how most people do act. Are we obligated to do what is ideal? Should unrealistic ideals be ideals? Ought implies can. Giving lip service to selflessness as an ideal without really believing it: a tension in many people’s view. The moral and the practical. How to assess practicality. Is practicality a purely relative issue? Or is it objective? The meaning of “objective.” Is there an objective standard of the good? Of what’s worth pursuing? Ayn Rand’s view vs. intrinsicism and subjectivism. Are there intrinsic oughts? What one ought...2020-07-012h 46
The ValmyRobert Wright & Galen Strawson Podcast: The Wright Show Episode: Robert Wright & Galen StrawsonRelease date: 2018-02-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhy scientific materialism is harder to define than you think … Galen explains panpsychism … What does “mind is all there is to reality” mean? … Is human consciousness epiphenomenal? … Do physical laws come from somewhere? … Is it like something to be a rock? (And is Galen saying it is?) … Galen: Discussion of the mind-body problem was better 100 years ago … 2020-06-1231 minWalden Pod22 - Has Physics Debunked Panpsychism? Answering Sabine HossenfelderTheoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder wrote a critique of panpsychism that’s become widely-cited in The Panpsychism Wars. Hossenfelder argues that physics has ruled out panpsychism. Panpsychists simply haven’t attempted to reconcile the massive conflict with the evidence. However, her arguments are deeply flawed, and one doesn’t need to affirm panpsychism to notice.
Sabine Hossenfelder “Electrons Don’t Think”
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Plato's CaveEp. 2.10 - Moral Responsibility: Freedom and Resentment by P.F. StrawsonIn this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility.
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ https://letter.wiki/conversation/135 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/
Strawson, Galen, 1994. “The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility,” Philosophical Studies, 75: 5–24.
Strawson, Galen, 1986. Freedom and Belief, New York: Oxford University Press.
Strawson, P. F., 1980. “Reply to Ayer and Bennett,” in van Stratten 1...2020-03-1624 min
düşünen patatesSuç ve Ceza 1 : Ahlâki suçlama üzerineAhlâki suç nedir, hangi koşullar altında meşrulaştırılabilir? İnsanları eylemleri yüzünden suçlayabilir miyiz? Neden alınmak ve gücenmek gibi tepkilere sahibiz? Son olarak da tüm bunların adiliyet kavramıyla olan ilişkisi nedir?
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Responsibility and Judgement, Hannah Arendt.
In Praise of Blame, George Sher.
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The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility, Galen Strawson.
Freedom and Resentment, Peter F. Strawson.
The Nature and Ethics of Blame, D. Justin Coates and Neal A. Tognazzini.
Free-Will, Praise and Blame, J. J. C. Smart.
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Partially Examined Life, Episode 93...2020-02-1214 minWalden Pod13 - Panpsychism: EpilogueThe conclusion of our series on panpsychism, the view that the what-it-is-like-ness of conscious experience is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.
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Galen Strawson
The Wright Show [YouTube]
Philosophy Bites [YouTube]
The Panpsycast Interview [Panpsycast]
Things That Bother Me [Amazon]
Thomas N...2019-11-2233 minWalden Pod10 - Objections to Panpsychism (pt. I)We address four common objections to panpsychism, argue that a heavier burden falls on the materialist than the panpsychist, and discuss why panpsychism is more Copernican than its competitors.
(1) “The incredulous stare,” or an argument from strangeness, which appeals to our common sense and argues that panpsychism is forbiddingly counter-intuitive.
(2) Falsifiability. Isn’t panpsychism unfalsifiable?
(3) Isn’t physics entirely on the side of materialism?
(4) Wouldn’t panpsychism force us to add a particle to the standard model? Doesn’t panpsychism imply that physics is wrong?
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Y...2019-10-1827 min
In Our TimeFree Will (Summer Repeat)In the 500th edition of the programme, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophical idea of free will.
Free will - the extent to which we are free to choose our own actions - is one of the most absorbing philosophical problems, debated by almost every great thinker of the last two thousand years. In a universe apparently governed by physical laws, is it possible for individuals to be responsible for their own actions? Or are our lives simply proceeding along preordained paths? Determinism - the doctrine that every event is the inevitable consequence of what goes before...2019-09-1243 minWalden Pod08 - The Hard Problem of Consciousness and PanpsychismWe discuss two kinds of emergence, our evolved ‘theory of mind’ module, our epistemological foundations regarding the intrinsic nature of matter, élan vital, niftiness, the objective/subjective distinction, and how it all relates to panpsychism and the hard problem of consciousness.
The other voice you heard was from Hedda Hassel Mørch of the University of Oslo. You can listen to her interviews on the Panpsycast here
David Chalmers - Strong and Weak Emergence [PDF]
Sean Carroll - Emergence [Preposterous Universe]
Galen Strawson - Real Naturalism and the Silliest Claim [Amazon]
Galen Str...2019-09-1225 minWalden Pod07 - What do you mean by 'consciousness'?In the second episode in our series on panpsychism, we establish a definition of consciousness.
The Mystery of Consciousness - Sam Harris [Blog]
Galen Strawson - Things That Bother Me (contains The Silliest Claim and Real Naturalism) [Amazon]
Moral Questions - Thomas Nagel (contains ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ and other essays) [Amazon]
2019-09-1005 minWalden Pod06 - Panpsychism: Setting the StageToday we begin our series on panpsychism.
Panpsychism [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Galen Strawson - Panpsychism [YouTube]
Galen Strawson - Does the Soul Exist? [YouTube]
Annaka Harris - Conscious [YouTube]2019-08-1910 min
The Mindful ExperimentEP#91 - The Practicality of Being a Spiritual Atheist - Part II Here is the part II series with Nick Jankel as we dive into the practicality of being a spiritual atheist. In part I, we discussed the ins and outs of the philosophy and aspects to spiritual atheism but part II puts it all into action. Tune in below.
Who is Nick Jankel?
Nick Jankel has lectured at Yale & Oxford, advised the Prime Minister at No.10 Downing Street, been invited to Science FOO Camp run by Google and Nature Journal, contributed to The Economist and The Guardian, the BBC World Service (on the subject of Artificial Intelligence) and presented at The Sc...2019-04-051h 13
The Mindful Experiment PodcastEP#91 - The Practicality of Being a Spiritual Atheist - Part IIHere is the part II series with Nick Jankel as we dive into the practicality of being a spiritual atheist. In part I, we discussed the ins and outs of the philosophy and aspects to spiritual atheism but part II puts it all into action. Tune in below.Who is Nick Jankel?Nick Jankel has lectured at Yale & Oxford, advised the Prime Minister at No.10 Downing Street, been invited to Science FOO Camp run by Google and Nature Journal, contributed to The Economist and The Guardian, the BBC World Service (on the subject of Artificial In...2019-04-051h 13
The Mindful ExperimentEP89 - How to Be a Spiritual Atheist - Part I This is a two-part series as I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Jankel. Nick shares his deep insights and wisdom that he wrote about in his book, "Spiritual Atheist." For me, when I first saw his book, I was very curious to know what it was all about due to the title. It is a great book and a great interview.
Who is Nick Jankel?
Nick Jankel has lectured at Yale & Oxford, advised the Prime Minister at No.10 Downing Street, been invited to Science FOO Camp run by Google and Nature Journal, contributed to The Economist and The Guardian, the...2019-03-2955 minThe Mindful Experiment PodcastEP89 - How to Be a Spiritual Atheist - Part IThis is a two-part series as I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Jankel. Nick shares his deep insights and wisdom that he wrote about in his book, "Spiritual Atheist." For me, when I first saw his book, I was very curious to know what it was all about due to the title. It is a great book and a great interview.Who is Nick Jankel?Nick Jankel has lectured at Yale & Oxford, advised the Prime Minister at No.10 Downing Street, been invited to Science FOO Camp run by Google and Nature Journal, contributed to The...2019-03-2955 min
0014 Willkür und Promi-TerrorDas folgende Gespräch handelt von
drei aus sechsunddreißig Fragen, der Gewalttätigkeit, Freiheit gegen Willkür, Promiterror
und „nudge, nudge, say no more!“
Es treten auf: Terry
Gilliam, Graham Chapmans Asche, Karola
Bloch, Galen Strawson, Jesus, und ein verblüffter Stalinist.
2018-11-021h 08
Developments in Christian ThoughtChapter XIV. Daniel C. Dennett, A. C. Grayling, Rick Lewis, Galen Strawson and Steven Pinker on The Challenge of SecularismFurther information: www.thepanpsycast.com/audiobook. Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Full Interviews: Daniel Dennett. A. C. Grayling. Rick Lewis. Steven Pinker. Galen Strawson.2018-08-2434 minDevelopments in Christian ThoughtContents Developments in Christian Thought: A Panpsycast Audiobook Introduction Part I Chapter I. The Person of Jesus Christ Chapter II. Knowledge of God Chapter III. Death and the Afterlife Chapter IV. Augustine’s Teaching on Human Nature Chapter V. Christian Moral Principles Chapter VI. Christian Moral Action Chapter VII. Liberation Theology and Marx Chapter VIII. Gender and Society Chapter IX. Gender and Theology Chapter X. Religious Pluralism and Society Chapter XI. Religious Pluralism and Th...2018-08-2401 minDevelopments in Christian ThoughtTitle, Credits and AcknowledgementsCredits Created, Produced and Edited by Jack Symes. Researched, Written and Co-Hosted with Andrew Horton and Olly Marley. Guest staring co-host Annabel Borthwick. Music produced by Billy Pearce. Artwork by Charlotte Mudd. Acknowledgements Most importantly, this project would not be possible without the support of Westhill Endowment and Culham St Gabriel's. We would like to extend our gratitude to both Westhill Endowment and Culham St Gabriel's, who have provided us with the means to produce this work and distribute it free of charge. 2018-08-2403 min
The Panpsycast Philosophy PodcastEpisode 43, The Galen Strawson Interview (Part II)Galen Strawson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Amongst countless papers in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, Galen is the author of Freedom and Belief, The Subject of Experience, Consciousness and Its Place in Nature and most recently, Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, the Self, Etc. The widespread impact of these works cannot be understated. In the words of Stephen Fry: Galen Strawson has a marvellous gift for untangling even the most complex lines in philosophical thinking and laying them straight. He writes with humour, clarity and always from a re...2018-08-1234 minThe Panpsycast Philosophy PodcastEpisode 43, The Galen Strawson Interview (Part I)Galen Strawson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Amongst countless papers in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, Galen is the author of Freedom and Belief, The Subject of Experience, Consciousness and Its Place in Nature and most recently, Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, the Self, Etc. The widespread impact of these works cannot be understated. In the words of Stephen Fry: Galen Strawson has a marvellous gift for untangling even the most complex lines in philosophical thinking and laying them straight. He writes with humour, clarity and always from a re...2018-08-051h 03
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Biology & ChemistryWhy is Consciousness so Mysterious? by Robert Lawrence KuhnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why is Consciousness so Mysterious? Author: Robert Lawrence Kuhn Narrator: Robert Lawrence Kuhn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 21 minutes Release date: July 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: How do the microscopic particles that make up our brains cause us to experience the tranquil beauty of a setting sun, the haunting strains of Mozart's "Requiem," or the flush of romantic love? How, in short, can consciousness be explained? In this three-part series, neuroscientist Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviews 18 guest experts about the nuts and...2018-07-2705 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Biology & ChemistryWhy is Consciousness so Mysterious? by Robert Lawrence KuhnPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436001to listen full audiobooks.
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How do the microscopic particles that make up our brains cause us to experience the tranquil beauty of a setting sun, the haunting strains of Mozart's "Requiem," or the flush of romantic love? How, in short, can consciousness be explained? In this three-part series, neuroscientist Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviews 18 guest experts about the nuts and bolts...2018-07-271h 21
The Ultimate Companion for Lovers of Free AudiobookWhy is Consciousness so Mysterious? Audiobook by Robert Lawrence KuhnListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 436001
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How do the microscopic particles that make up our brains cause us to experience the tranquil beauty of a setting sun, the haunting strains of Mozart's "Requiem," or the flush of romantic love?
How, in short, can consciousness be explained?
In this three-part series, neuroscientist Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviews 18 guest experts about the...2018-07-271h 21
Humans On The Loop55 - "Creativity & Catastrophe" (Talk at Palenque Norte, Burning Man 2017)We’re living through a mass extinction – which is also one of the most awesome opportunities for creativity the Earth has ever seen. In this talk that I gave at Burning Man 2017’s Palenque Norte Speaker Series, I give a short tour of Great Catastrophes of Natural History and show how each of them was also equally the advent of new life, intelligence, diversity, and richness. Studying how crisis is the mother of invention, it’s my hope that this talk will inspire you to see our turbulent, chaotic age as something to be celebrated. Learning what we can from...2018-01-091h 00
The Isaiah Berlin LectureOne Hundred Years of Consciousness ('a long training in absurdity')Galen Strawson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford deliverd the 2017 Isaiah Berlin Lecture at Wolfson College. The lecture was introduced by the College President, Hermione Lee. There occurred in the twentieth century the most remarkable episode in the whole history of ideas-the whole history of human thought. A number of thinkers denied the existence of something we know with certainty to exist: consciousness, conscious experience. Others held back from the Denial, but claimed that it might be true-a claim no less remarkable than the Denial. It is instructive to document some aspects of this episode, with particular reference...2017-06-0900 minThe Panpsycast Philosophy PodcastEpisode 0, IntroductionWhat started off as just myself, Olly and Andrew (my co-hosts) talking philosophy at the University of Birmingham in the early episodes, has blossomed into something extraordinary. Bear in mind, that when this project started, we had never podcasted before. So, expect some poor audio quality, and some even poorer jokes in the first 15-16 episodes. Now, The Panpsycast team goes beyond the original three. Greg Miller, Emily Rose Ogland, Phoebe Light and Thom Atkinson have joined the club, and as a consequence, we've produced some amazing content. From our humble beginnings, we have gone from strength t...2016-08-0102 min
A Million Little GodsBook 1 Episode 5: I Am What I Am That I Am - Part 3In this final part of a three-part series on what it means to be a self—and the final episode of the first season—Aaron discusses with the analytic philosopher Galen Strawson whether you can know your own character, thinking of yourself as the same person over time, and telling a narrative about your life.And with Fr. James Martin, Aaron discusses knowing yourself in communion with other people and with God.Related Links:America Magazine: The National Catholic Review (Fr. James Martin, SJ, Editor-at-Large)The Abbey: A Story of Discovery by F...2015-12-3152 min
A Million Little GodsBook 1 Episode 4: "I Am What I Am That I Am – Part 2"In this second episode of a three-part series on what it means to be a self, we tour a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory, examine "qualia"—instances of subjective perception or experience—and discuss with Prof. Galen Strawson the counterintuitive view of "panpsychism"—the idea that consciousness is a primordial feature of all things.Related Links:Professor Andreas KeilKevin Gray in Paste MagazineQualia (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)Daniel Dennett: "Why and How Does Consciousness Seem the Ways It Seems?"Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness | TED Talk...2015-12-1456 min
A Million Little GodsBook 1 Episode 3: "I Am What I Am That I Am – Part 1"What does it mean to be a self? Do you emerge from your brain? Is a self just a human being? Is it something more? Something less? Something altogether different?We'll try to wrap our minds--so to speak--around these intractable questions in this, the first in a series of three episodes featuring philosopher Galen Strawson and Fr. James Martin, SJ. Get full access to A Million Little Thoughts at amillionlittlethoughts.substack.com/subscribe2015-11-2336 min
Space Time MindEpisode 27: Pains and Brains (with David Pereplyotchik)
Episode Notes and LinksPete Mandik is once again joined by David Pereplyotchik (see episode 25) and this time they enter into a world of pain. Are pains identical to states of brains? Are pains fully accessible only from the first-person point of view? Is there anything contradictory about the idea of unconscious pains? Can you merely seem to yourself to be suffering without actually really being in a state of suffering? Will Pete and David answer any of these questions about pain in the philosophy of mind?(The audio for this episode is drawn from...2015-06-151h 41Very Bad WizardsDrunk on IntuitionsDave and Tamler argue some more about the role of emotion and intuition in blame judgments, and then offer some moral psychology-related recommendations for your New Year’s viewing and reading pleasure. Plus, can you turn listening to VBW into a good drinking game? Offer some suggestions and win a free Very Bad Wizards T-shirt! Links Tamler's early defense of free will skepticism: "Darrow and Determinism" [naturalism.org] "No Soul? I Can Live with That. No Free Will? AHHHHH!!!" [psychologytoday.org] "Free Will Skepticism in Action" [naturalism.org] Tamler's interview with Galen Strawson [believermag.org] The Objective...2015-01-021h 12
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastEpisode 93: Freedom and Responsibility (Strawson vs. Strawson)On P.F. Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment" (1960), Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" (1994), and Gary Watson's "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme" (1987). With guest Tamler Sommers.2014-05-031h 36
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastPrecognition of Ep. 93: Free Will (via Strawsons)Guest Tamler Sommers (from the Very Bad Wizards podcast) summarizes Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" (1994) and his father P.F. Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment" (1960).2014-04-2914 minSpace Time MindEpisode 3: Consciousness explained (?) part 2: The nature of explanation
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Download: MP3 Audio (48.8MB)Episode Notes and LinksEpisode NotesThis is the second of a two part discussion between Richard and Pete concerning whether and how consciousness can be explained and whether it should be regarded as a fundamental feature of reality. In this episode, the discussion focuses on the question of what counts as an explanation and what norms govern good explanations in physics as well as in metaphysics.(The music in the episode is by our band, Quiet Karate Reflex. The song in the...2014-04-1450 min
Power Structuralism in Ancient OntologiesStructure and QualityA talk from Galen Strawson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas. Structure considered just as such is an abstract, purely logico-mathematically characterisable phenomenon. It appears to follow that if a structure is concretely realised then it must be concretely realised by something that isn't itself just a matter of structure. So there must be more to concrete reality than structure. It's arguable, however, that a thing's structural nature must completely fix its non-structural nature in any world to which the notion of structure is generally applicable. Is this correct? If it is, what follows? Is Max Newman right when he...2013-08-2347 minVery Bad WizardsBrains, Robots, and Free Will (Free Will and Morality Pt. 1)Dave and Tamler start out talking about the new wave of skepticism about free will and moral responsibility in the popular press from people like Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne. Neuroscience figures heavily in their arguments, but Dave and Tamler agree that neuroscientific data adds little of substance to the case other than telling us what we already know: human beings are natural biological entities. Dave also accuses Tamler of being a hipster philosopher for abandoning a view once it got popular. Next, we talk about what kind freedom we need to have in o...2012-08-301h 10
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will28. Galen Strawson's "Nothing Can be Causa Sui" Refutation of Free Will_mp3_128kbps<img width="160" style="padding-right:3px;float:left;" src="http://archive.org/services/get-item-image.php?identifier=28.GalenStrawsonsnothingCanBeCausaSuiRefutationOfFree&mediatype=audio&collection=exploringtheillusionoffreewill_audio"/><p>In this episode, recorded on August 9, 2011, host George Ortega describes British philosopher Galen Strawson's refutation of free will, that is based on a logical extension of the principle that nothing can be the cause of itself..</p><p>This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3</p><div class="feedflare">
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Philosophy BitesGalen Strawson on PanpsychismCould everything that exists have experiences? Is there something that it is like to be an electron? This sounds unlikey on first hearing, but in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Galen Strawson argues in conversation with Nigel Warburton, that panpsychism is the best explanation of how things are. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy.2012-05-0511 minPhilosophy BitesGalen Strawson on the Sense of SelfDoes everyone have a sense of self? What is it? Galen Strawson grapples with these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in the latest episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.2010-03-1300 minIn Our TimeVirtueMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of virtue. When Socrates asked the question ‘How should man live?’ Plato and Aristotle answered that man should live a life of virtue. Plato claimed there were four great virtues - Temperance, Justice, Prudence and Courage and the Christian Church added three more - Faith, Hope and Love. But where does the motivation for virtue come from? Do we need rules to tell us how to behave or can we rely on our feelings of compassion and empathy towards other human beings? Shakespeare’s Iago says “Virtue! A fig! ‘tis in ourselves that we ar...2002-02-2842 minIn Our Time: PhilosophyVirtueMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of virtue. When Socrates asked the question ‘How should man live?’ Plato and Aristotle answered that man should live a life of virtue. Plato claimed there were four great virtues - Temperance, Justice, Prudence and Courage and the Christian Church added three more - Faith, Hope and Love. But where does the motivation for virtue come from? Do we need rules to tell us how to behave or can we rely on our feelings of compassion and empathy towards other human beings? Shakespeare’s Iago says “Virtue! A fig! ‘tis in ourselves that we ar...2002-02-2842 min
In Our Time: ReligionGood and EvilMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether religion can still be seen as a way of interpreting and judging good and evil in modern western civilisation and examines what the discoveries of Darwin and our knowledge of the true physiological nature and history of man has done for us in terms understanding our concepts of good and evil. As we entered the 20th century Nietzsche announced that God is dead. Was his hatred of Christianity a natural consequence of his belief in the unlimited possibility of mankind’s self creation? If we have enough basic self confidence in our own se...1999-04-0128 minIn Our Time: PhilosophyGood and EvilMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether religion can still be seen as a way of interpreting and judging good and evil in modern western civilisation and examines what the discoveries of Darwin and our knowledge of the true physiological nature and history of man has done for us in terms understanding our concepts of good and evil. As we entered the 20th century Nietzsche announced that God is dead. Was his hatred of Christianity a natural consequence of his belief in the unlimited possibility of mankind’s self creation? If we have enough basic self confidence in our own se...1999-04-0128 min