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Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kevin Kelly (Wired, The Inevitable, What Technology Wants). Recorded April 29, 2024.
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Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kevin Kelly (Wired, The Inevitable, What Technology Wants). Recorded April 29, 2024.
![Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? | Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pC0Kfxi2mK0/hqdefault.jpg "Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? | Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts [Sophia]
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0:00 Intro
06:45 Megan: philosophy of religion shouldnt focus on proofs for God
17:38 Determining rational grounds for supernaturalism
24:29 Why Dan rejects epistemic foundationalism
29:17 Megans Christian agnosticism, Dans Jewish atheism
38:52 Wittgensteins engagement with philosophy of religion
47:26 What kind of authority would it be good for us to submit to?
54:57 Dan has a revelation
1:02:59 Has philosophy forgotten that its a humanistic discipline?
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Megan Fritts (Utah State University). Recorded on December 11, 2020.
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![Social Media and Cognitive Empathy | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pkaMSboMtto/hqdefault.jpg "Social Media and Cognitive Empathy | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]
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0:00 Applying cognitive empathy to the Supreme Court vacancy fight
12:07 The danger of runaway retaliation
25:15 Reviewing The Social Dilemma, a new documentary critical of social media
39:53 Enhance your online stature by vilifying the other tribe!
48:48 How will historians view the social media era?
59:43 Can Democrats oppose Barrett mindfully?
1:04:23 The links between yoga and mindfulness
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded September 23, 2020.
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![Quantum Physics and Social Science | Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qEZGjdIqL7c/hqdefault.jpg "Quantum Physics and Social Science | Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt [The Wright Show]
00:47 Why Alex shifted from international relations to quantum physics
05:44 Alex: “We are walking wave functions”
15:51 Do the origins of consciousness and free will lie in the wave collapse?
26:19 Quantum decision theory and human irrationality
39:03 The advantage of viewing humanity as quantum rather than classical
49:25 How a nation-state is like a quantum state
55:21 Alex: Language is best understood quantumly
1:05:23 The possibility of collective consciousness
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Alexander Wendt (Ohio State University, alexanderwendt.org)
Recorded August 19, 2019
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![Death Anxiety and Coronavirus | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Abigail Nathanson [Culturally Determined]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rUbOEdH57kA/hqdefault.jpg "Death Anxiety and Coronavirus | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Abigail Nathanson [Culturally Determined]
Abby’s research on “death anxiety” 0:24
Demoralization, purpose, and meaning 12:03
Death anxiety and the quality of life of health care providers 22:22
Abby’s experience contracting the coronavirus 30:32
Is religious belief a cure for death anxiety? 38:43
Is life without death worth living? 43:05
Aryeh Cohen-Wade (Joking on the Square, @AryehCW) and Abigail Nathanson (abigailnathanson.com)
Recorded May 13, 2020
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![Does Moral Truth Exist? | Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sIDPxWIT0-U/hqdefault.jpg "Does Moral Truth Exist? | Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen [The Wright Show]
Defining “moral realism” 3:30
Cognitivists vs. noncognitivists 8:41
Are moral beliefs just expressions of human desires? 16:18
Human happiness is better than human suffering…right? 19:13
Considering whether you can be both a Darwinian and a moral realist 22:05
Moral progress, teleology, and mysticism 34:20
Why you “have to take something for granted” in any philosophical system 48:45
The bedrock sources of meaning in life 60:59
If life has meaning, does moral realism logically follow? 67:00
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Gideon Rosen (Princeton University)
Recorded on December 16, 2019
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![Debating Panpsychism | John Horgan & Philip Goff [Mind-Body Problems]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sIuPf3SMkV8/hqdefault.jpg "Debating Panpsychism | John Horgan & Philip Goff [Mind-Body Problems]
01:04 Philip’s 2019 book, Galileos Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
12:06 What’s the difference between panpsychism and philosophical idealism?
29:32 John: Solipsism is “an absolute impediment to a truly scientific theory of consciousness”
42:19 Does panpsychism “cheat” when it comes to philosophy’s fundamental problems?
50:44 The moral dimension of panpsychism
57:27 Hallucinogens and mystical experience
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Philip Goff (Durham University, Galileos Error)
Recorded June 30, 2020
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