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December 08, 2017 —
Robert Wright & John Horgan
The Wright Show
- John continues to ruffle the feathers of scientists and philosophers
- Concepts of consciousness, from pure materialism to panpsychism
- John: The solipsism problem will keep the mind-body problem problematic
- Daniel Dennett's inordinate aversion to mystery
- John gives us the plot spoiler about his book-in-progress
- Bob thought he had Dan Dennett cornered. But then...
- Are we in a simulation? Perish the thought, says John
June 27, 2018 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- Dan and Massimo on ontology: What exists and what doesn't?
- What, if anything, do Saturn's rings have in common with virtue?
- Materialism as a product of scientism
- The immaterial features of human life and society
- The most important philosopher you've never heard of
- What does Daniel Dennett mean by "self," anyway?
- Massimo: A single ontology isn't enough to describe reality
July 11, 2003 —
Robert Wright & Daniel Dennett
Being good without God
Consciousness
Death
Direction in evolution
Free will
Quantum weirdness
December 05, 2019 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- Are philosophers experts?
- Socrates didn't have a PhD
- Massimo hates when teachers claim to learn "just as much" from their students
- What does philosophers' expertise actually consist of?
- How much is philosophy like mathematics?
- What philosophers of science can teach scientists
- The disappointing personal morality of moral philosophers
- Grandmothers, the examined life, and the people who live best
November 17, 2018 —
Robert Wright & Eddy Nahmias
The Wright Show
- Explaining "compatibilism," the view that there's no conflict between free will and determinism
- Without free will, what happens to moral responsibility?
- Eddy tells Bob he errs in saying determinism means events are "inevitable"
- Free will is hard to imagine, but not nonsensical
- Why most philosophers today are compatibilists
- Bob: Compatibilists are just playing word games
- Were prisoners destined from birth to wind up in prison?
- Waiting for the "Einstein of consciousness"
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