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The Pursuit of Happiness: Virtue or Pleasure?
From: Open to Debate
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Happiness is a complex emotion and mental state that can be achieved through virtue or pleasure. But should it be for the good of the individual or...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2418: Why Is the World So Weird?, 4/30/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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No matter how you slice it, our universe is a strange place.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Is Religion a Force for Good?
From: Open to Debate
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Religion has long shaped human civilization, and many have wondered whether it’s good for society. Those who argue “yes” say it offers a sense of i...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Childhood Obesity Guidelines: Good Medicine or Too Extreme?
From: Open to Debate
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new guidelines to address childhood obesity, affecting over 14 million children, including rec...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2024-01-21 The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
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2404: The Mysterious Timelessness of Math, 1/23/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2023-12-03 In Awe of Wonder
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless?

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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Should We Erase Bad Memories?
From: Open to Debate
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Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-08-06 What Has Replaced Freud?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
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2332: What Has Replaced Freud?, 8/8/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-07-02 Democracy By Numbers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
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2323: Minds and Matter, 6/6/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What can we learn about human consciousness from the minds of animals?

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-04-30 The Power of Prediction
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

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  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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2023-03-19 Science and Skepticism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Our understanding evolves over time—how can we explain that to impatient people who don't trust science?

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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2312: Science and Skepticism, 3/21/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Our understanding evolves over time – how can we explain that to impatient people who don't trust science?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-01-01 The Examined Year: 2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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2022-12-04 Thinking Like A Conspiracy Theorist
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Don’t the vast majority of people believe at least some conspiracy theories?

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
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2022-11-20 Covid Conundrums and Moral Dilemmas
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What ethical dilemmas have people faced in their daily lives related to the Covid-19 pandemic?

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
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2022-10-09 Is the Self an Illusion?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is the self just a fiction we create to make sense of a complicated world?

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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2022-06-28 Leibniz
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Gottfried Leibniz the last so-called "universal genius?"

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
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2021-06-13 Can Reason Save Us?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are we really living in an age of progress?

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
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Vaccinating the World Part I: The Problem with Patents
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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President Joe Biden said the United States would be the world’s “arsenal of vaccines” but critics say current plans to donate 80 million doses arou...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 03:40
2021-05-30 The Psychology of Cruelty
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are people cruel to others despite -- or because of -- their victims' humanity?

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
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210409: Investing in a Clean and Equitable Recovery, 4/9/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The COVID-19 shutdown has hit women and minorities hardest: four times as many women as men dropped out of the workforce in September 2020, with La...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:59