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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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![Science, Fiction, and the Mind-Body Problem | John Horgan & Erik Hoel [Mind-Body Problems]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sSmu8FtiQOM/hqdefault.jpg "Science, Fiction, and the Mind-Body Problem | John Horgan & Erik Hoel [Mind-Body Problems]
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0:00 Intro
2:45 Eriks new novel, The Revelations
4:44 How Erik became a writer and a neuroscientist
10:42 Erik defends integrated information theory
29:01 The agnosticism of the novelist
45:03 Should the mind-body problem have a single solutions?
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Erik Hoel (Tufts, The Revelations). Recorded April 9, 2021.
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![Natural Kinds | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tE9QQ1uk01Q/hqdefault.jpg "Natural Kinds | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]
2:39 What are “natural kinds”?
14:11 What the former planet Pluto can teach us about natural kinds
17:44 Massimo’s changing views on theoretical entities
28:57 Is there a paradigm shift on the horizon in evolutionary biology?
37:45 Is skepticism toward natural kinds the same as skepticism toward essential properties?
48:59 Why Massimo is skeptical of the concept of laws of nature
1:03:33 Describing “ultimate reality”
1:08:50 Can we distinguish between sex and gender without natural kinds?
1:26:09 Can we have a conception of “normal” without natural kinds?
Daniel Kaufman (University of Mississippi) and Massimo Pigliucci (City College of New York)
Recorded September 23, 2019
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![Exploring Daoism | Robert Wright & Robin Wang [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tG87xzhz5TE/hqdefault.jpg "Exploring Daoism | Robert Wright & Robin Wang [The Wright Show]
Unpacking the Dao De Jing‘s famous opening line, “The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao” 3:40
“The way” as a descriptive and prescriptive moniker 8:18
Rising above the perspective of the moment 17:56
The relationship among Daoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism 23:45
Spirituality and transcendence in Daoism 32:11
Robin’s work as a consultant on The Karate Kid remake 41:28
Why Robin’s book uses “yinyang” instead of “yin and yang” 54:41
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Robin Wang (Loyola Marymount)
Recorded March 3, 2020
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![Gender Nonconformity and Feminism | Daniel Kaufman & Jane Clare Jones [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tZgzPd-SMZs/hqdefault.jpg "Gender Nonconformity and Feminism | Daniel Kaufman & Jane Clare Jones [Sophia]
00:24 Where have all the feminists gone?
08:16 The feminist tradition in philosophy
19:18 How does second-wave feminism distinguish sex from gender?
36:33 Jane: Patriarchy hurts men, too
50:03 On the present controversy around gender non-conformity and identity
1:00:04 Was Prince genderqueer?
1:22:54 Gender, feminism, and the classical liberal tradition
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Jane Jones (The Institute for Feminist Thought, www.janeclarejones.com)
Recorded July 2, 2019
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