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Aug 29, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Horgan
Is the meaning of life a matter of taste?
Suicidal despair vs. the wonder of existence
John: We must believe in free will
The downsides of free will
Finding meaning in psychedelic experiences
John’s craziest drug trip: “God chewing his fingernails”
Aug 28, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
How 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
Aug 25, 2015 — Michael Price & Greg M. Epstein
How Greg became the humanist chaplain at Harvard
Humanism’s core values
Greg: We have to create meaning for our lives
Confronting grief and loss in the humanist tradition
Could humanism ever rival the global religions?
Why online communities are not enough
Aug 22, 2015 — Robert Wright & Jerusha Lamptey
Why Jerusha doesn’t call her path to Islam a “conversion”
Jerusha: In Islam, science and belief are not in opposition
Constructing a Muslim feminist theology
Taqwa
, the egalitarian idea of “God consciousness”
What the Koran says about the salvation of non-Muslims
Female Muslim scholars are between a rock and a hard place
Aug 21, 2015 — Robert Wright & Dacher Keltner
How Dacher became a science adviser for Pixar’s
Inside Out
What science tells us about emotions and their function
How do you define an emotion?
The science behind the islands of personality in
Inside Out
Do we remember our emotions accurately?
The (many) ways your emotions mislead you
Aug 18, 2015 — Robert Wright & Lucy Lawless
How Lucy, as Xena, became an icon for gay fans
Why do we search for meaning?
Bob tries to solve Lucy’s spiritual crisis
The psychological ups and down of a TV actor
How Lucy makes herself happy
Fighting worries about what others think of you
Aug 15, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Thatamanil
The Hindu idea that you are one with the universe
Moral implications of this idea of oneness
How different are Hindu and Buddhist philosophy?
Grappling with the Buddhist doctrine of “emptiness”
Connecting Hindu belief with the Christian Trinity
John: No, believers are not all “climbing the same mountain
Aug 14, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Ian Ground
A 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
Aug 9, 2015 — Robert Wright & Allan Lokos
Maintaining mindfulness when “literally on fire”
Regaining a meditative practice after severe trauma
Separating suffering from pain
How the plane crash made Allan’s life better
Allan’s transformation from actor to meditation teacher
Using technology to support a meditation practice
Aug 4, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
The “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
Aug 1, 2015 — Robert Wright & Karl Giberson
Why Adam is crucial to Christian theology
What happens when the Biblical Adam encounters modern genetics
The “slippery slope” of critical inquiry
What do you need to believe to be a Christian?
Trying to reconcile God as Creator with natural selection
Evolutionary psychology and the doctrine of original sin
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