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A conversation about nothing inspires a career in science writing. Physicist John Wheeler's participatory cosmos. A new interpretation of quantum mechanics. Amanda's second-person solution to the mind-body problem.
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Amanda Gefter (Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn). Recorded December 15, 2020.
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A conversation about nothing inspires a career in science writing. Physicist John Wheeler's participatory cosmos. A new interpretation of quantum mechanics. Amanda's second-person solution to the mind-body problem.
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Amanda Gefter (Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn). Recorded December 15, 2020.
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![Quantum Mechanics and Other Mysteries | John Horgan & Amanda Gefter [Mind-Body Problems]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aGb9SVZhCwc/hqdefault.jpg "Quantum Mechanics and Other Mysteries | John Horgan & Amanda Gefter [Mind-Body Problems]
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A conversation about nothing inspires a career in science writing. Physicist John Wheelers participatory cosmos. A new interpretation of quantum mechanics. Amandas second-person solution to the mind-body problem.
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Amanda Gefter (Trespassing on Einsteins Lawn). Recorded December 15, 2020.
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![Objectivity and Realism | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/auaqR4d3z8A/hqdefault.jpg "Objectivity and Realism | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]
Are we really as social as the Stoics believed? 04:31
Distinguishing between the “objective” and the “real”... 22:45
...and between the “real” and representations of the “real” 39:32
Dan: It makes no difference whether or not values are objective 44:32
Massimo’s solution to the omnivore’s dilemma 56:40
Massimo: “Values are never separate from facts” 1:06:01
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center, Platos Footnote, How to Be a Stoic)
Recorded April 15, 2020
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0:00 How can there be persons?
11:52 Against hypostatic ontological commitment
22:52 Things vs. thingy things
31:44 Mind over matter, or vice versa?
46:16 Are there minds? Dan isn’t sure.
62:40 Have philosophers gone beyond their ambit?
72:54 Philosophy as service to people
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Joshua Rasmussen (Azusa Pacific University, joshualrasmussen.com)
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![The illusion of consciousness | Robert Wright & Keith Frankish [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bBgtM1EuaQc/hqdefault.jpg "The illusion of consciousness | Robert Wright & Keith Frankish [The Wright Show]
The illusion of consciousness | Robert Wright & Keith Frankish [The Wright Show]")
![Justifying Our Beliefs | Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bJ94qR_5JVQ/hqdefault.jpg "Justifying Our Beliefs | Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen [Sophia]
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0:00 Intro
04:06 Joshua’s views on basic beliefs
14:17 How do we get from experience to justified belief?
26:01 The connection between knowledge and awareness
36:05 Is Dan actually a foundationalist?
46:40 Where the chain of warrant ends
58:55 Joshua’s engagement with the big questions in philosophy
1:10:09 Running up against the boundaries of inquiry
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Joshua Rasmussen (Azusa Pacific University). Recorded October 16, 2020.
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![McMindfulness | Robert Wright & Ronald Purser [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bVWOxiNLuJ8/hqdefault.jpg "McMindfulness | Robert Wright & Ronald Purser [The Wright Show]
00:17 Ron’s new book, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality
10:45 A brief history of mindfulness in America
16:09 Ron’s critique of the corporate teaching of mindfulness
22:33 A tool vs. a path
29:43 Ron: The mindfulness industry individualizes social problems
37:35 A call for civic mindfulness
55:26 Can capitalism and spirituality be reconciled?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ronald Purser (San Francisco State University, McMindfulness)
Recorded July 15, 2019
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![Realism, Anti-Realism and Rabbity Moments | Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bdrc7LjI9a0/hqdefault.jpg "Realism, Anti-Realism and Rabbity Moments | Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell [Sophia]
00:05 Realism vs. anti-realism
10:59 Is reality the sum of human senses?
22:39 Why Crispin is allergic to idealism
30:57 “Rabbity moments” and Quine’s radical translation scenario
43:26 What does it mean to say someone lives “in another world”?
52:47 Davidson’s closet analogy for conceptual schemes
1:08:39 What makes a given statement true?
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Crispin Sartwell (Eye of the Storm, Entanglements: A System of Philosophy)
Recorded May 1, 2019
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![The Social Leap | Robert Wright & William von Hippel [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bhChHOWI2Mw/hqdefault.jpg "The Social Leap | Robert Wright & William von Hippel [The Wright Show]
6:13 Bill’s new book, The Social Leap
16:04 Why happiness is fleeting
27:05 Junk food and happy marriages
31:44 How to escape the anxiety of status competition
37:39 Psychological downsides of being a hunter-gatherer
40:56 Why America is more politically tribalized than Australia
48:21 The benefits of self-deception
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and William von Hippel (University of Queensland)
Recorded April 15, 2019
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![Uncut Gems and Dolemite Is My Name | Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cd7NcnGuZX0/hqdefault.jpg "Uncut Gems and Dolemite Is My Name | Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson [Sophia]
In praise of Uncut Gems 3:11
Why does Adam Sandler’s dirtbag character evince such sympathy? 12:18
Punishment and forgiveness in narrative storytelling 19:38
In praise of Dolemite Is My Name 29:28
Eddie Murphy’s triumphant return to SNL 37:03
Is offensive comedy coming back? 49:33
Why were these two films snubbed by the Oscars? 61:06
Expertise vs. experience in cultural criticism 79:51
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Milton Lawson (miltonlawson.com)
Recorded February 2, 2020
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![The Decline of Great Philosophers | Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dJ7ZdaEHG48/hqdefault.jpg "The Decline of Great Philosophers | Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis [Sophia]
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0:00 Intro
3:30 Roberts essay, The Philosophy Rapture
16:32 What counts as relevant philosophy?
32:38 Philosophys dirty insider game
40:16 Why are great philosophers overrepresented at elite universities?
48:40 Generational decline, intellectual and attitudinal
1:00:05 Do intellectual celebrity cultures produce shrinking intellectual gene pools?
1:11:02 Dan: Our present-day celebrity philosophers will destroy the discipline
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Robert Gressis (California State University, Northridge). Recorded December 7, 2020.
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![Overdoing Democracy | Daniel Kaufman & Robert B. Talisse [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ddbuU5HLWl4/hqdefault.jpg "Overdoing Democracy | Daniel Kaufman & Robert B. Talisse [Sophia]
Robert’s new book, Overdoing Democracy 2:20
The revealing differences between Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts 18:07
The diminishing importance of place in American culture 32:55
How homogeneity distorts groups 39:51
Partisan identity has become the core of our social selves 52:30
Is this the inevitable product of late capitalism? 59:22
What happens after Trumpism runs its course? 68:37
Robert finds optimism in a Nashville bluegrass club 74:13
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Robert B. Talisse (Vanderbilt University)
Recorded March 9, 2020
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