MeaningofLife.tv: Sophia
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Daniel Kaufman, David Ottlinger, Robert Gressis, and their guests explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry.
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Episodes
(Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
August 28, 2015 20:55 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBHow Bertrand Russell changed Massimo's life ... Russell's waning influence on philosophy ... The legacy of Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian" ... How Gilbert Ryle turned Dan away from Platonism ... Category errors and "knowing how" vs. "knowing that" ... Why history is more important in philosophy than in science ...
(Daniel Kaufman & Ian Ground)
August 14, 2015 20:35 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBA short history of Wittgenstein’s influence ... Why Wittgenstein causes problems for philosophers ... Where does meaning come from? ... What it is to follow a rule ... The illusion of intrinsic value and meaning ... How Wittgenstein changed our understanding of the mind ...
(Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
August 04, 2015 18:36 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBThe "strong AI thesis": Can a machine think? ... Debating the usefulness of the Turing test ... Could your brain be swapped with a silicon replica? ... Massimo: You'll never be able to upload your consciousness ... Digging into the famous "Chinese room" thought experiment ... Dan: Neuroscience won't solve philosophy of mind puzzles ...
(Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
July 11, 2015 19:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBDefining moral realism—it's harder than you'd think! ... Why Massimo is not a moral realist ... Are utilitarians moral realists? Are Kantians? ... Why we'll never arrive at a single ethical theory ... Human nature and why there's no Marxist utopia ... What happens to those who refuse to play the "moral game"? ...
(Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
November 01, 2014 04:10 - 1 hour - 81 MBStoic Week is almost here—get that catering order in! ... Wrestling philosophy out of the ivory tower and onto the street ... Neo-Stoicism: Like the ancient kind, but with less Zeus ... A day in the life of a practicing modern Stoic ... Can Stoicism be a secular replacement for traditional religion? ... That guy who always cries at weddings? Probably a philosopher ...
(Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
August 17, 2014 16:35 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBThe case against "scientism" ... Quantum mechanics can't help us understand a dollar bill ... What's the point of knowledge? ... Beyond the Enlightenment ... What is science, exactly? ... Extrascientific ways of knowing ...