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Daniel Chamovitz - Are Plants Sentient?

Daniel Chamovitz - Are Plants Sentient?

Ned Block - What's the Meaning of Consciousness?

Ned Block - What's the Meaning of Consciousness?

Willem Drees - The Mystery of Existence

Willem Drees - The Mystery of Existence

Peter Tse - Philosophy of Free Will

Peter Tse - Philosophy of Free Will

Nick Bostrom - What Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Mean?

Nick Bostrom - What Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Mean?

Hamza Yusuf - Death, Life After Death, Reincarnation

Hamza Yusuf - Death, Life After Death, Reincarnation

Michael Merzenich - How do Brains Function?

Michael Merzenich - How do Brains Function?

Christof Koch - Is Consciousness Unified?

Christof Koch - Is Consciousness Unified?

Alexander Vilenkin - Did the Universe Begin?

Alexander Vilenkin - Did the Universe Begin?

Eastern Traditions: What is Our Ultimate Future? | Episode 2405 | Closer To Truth

Eastern Traditions: What is Our Ultimate Future? | Episode 2405 | Closer To Truth

Thalia Wheatley - Big Questions in Free Will

Thalia Wheatley - Big Questions in Free Will

John Dupré - Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality, & Gender

John Dupré - Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality, & Gender

Andrew Briggs - Is Information the Foundation of Reality?

Andrew Briggs - Is Information the Foundation of Reality?

Saul Perlmutter - Are Science & Religion at War?

Saul Perlmutter - Are Science & Religion at War?

Andrew Loke - Why is There 'Something' Rather Than 'Nothing'?

Andrew Loke - Why is There 'Something' Rather Than 'Nothing'?

Tim Maudlin - Philosophy of Fine-Tuning

Tim Maudlin - Philosophy of Fine-Tuning

Eastern Traditions: What are Ultimate Existence and Essence? | Episode 2404 | Closer To Truth

Eastern Traditions: What are Ultimate Existence and Essence? | Episode 2404 | Closer To Truth

Subhash Kak - What is Consciousness?

Subhash Kak - What is Consciousness?

David Shatz - What is an Afterlife?

David Shatz - What is an Afterlife?

Rodney Holder - Many Worlds of Quantum Theory

Rodney Holder - Many Worlds of Quantum Theory

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein - Realism vs. Anti-realism

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein - Realism vs. Anti-realism

Ian Barbour - Why is Emergence Significant?

Ian Barbour - Why is Emergence Significant?

Eran Zaidel - Can Brains Have Free Will?

Eran Zaidel - Can Brains Have Free Will?

Brian Swimme on Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, and the Noosphere | Closer To Truth Chats

Brian Swimme on Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, and the Noosphere | Closer To Truth Chats

Fred Adams - Ultimate Questions: Do They Evolve?

Fred Adams - Ultimate Questions: Do They Evolve?

Scott Aaronson - What Things Are Conscious?

Scott Aaronson - What Things Are Conscious?

TOMORROW: New Chat with evolutionary cosmologist Brian Swimme

TOMORROW: New Chat with evolutionary cosmologist Brian Swimme

Eastern Traditions: Why are Suffering and Ritual Vital? | Episode 2403 | Closer To Truth

Eastern Traditions: Why are Suffering and Ritual Vital? | Episode 2403 | Closer To Truth

Nathan Lents - Philosophy of Biological Death

Nathan Lents - Philosophy of Biological Death

Henry Stapp - How is the Cosmos Constructed?

Henry Stapp - How is the Cosmos Constructed?

Robert Stickgold - Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?

Robert Stickgold - Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?

David Chalmers - What Exists?

David Chalmers - What Exists?

Peter Tse - Big Questions in Free Will

Peter Tse - Big Questions in Free Will

Sean Carroll on Physics, the Multiverse, and Quantum Mechanics | Closer To Truth Chats

Sean Carroll on Physics, the Multiverse, and Quantum Mechanics | Closer To Truth Chats

Niels Gregersen - Is the World Self-Organizing?

Niels Gregersen - Is the World Self-Organizing?

Christof Koch - What Makes Personal Identity Continue?

Christof Koch - What Makes Personal Identity Continue?

COMING WEDNESDAY: New CTT Chat with Sean Carroll

COMING WEDNESDAY: New CTT Chat with Sean Carroll

Eastern Traditions: What is the Human Person? | Episode 2402 | Closer To Truth

Eastern Traditions: What is the Human Person? | Episode 2402 | Closer To Truth

Michael Graziano - Aesthetics: Physics and Neuroscience

Michael Graziano - Aesthetics: Physics and Neuroscience

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong - What is Causation?

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong - What is Causation?

John Leslie - Is Consciousness Irreducible?

John Leslie - Is Consciousness Irreducible?

Robert Laughlin - How Complexity and Emergence Create a Cosmos?

Robert Laughlin - How Complexity and Emergence Create a Cosmos?

Paul Griffiths - Philosophy of Transhumanism & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Paul Griffiths - Philosophy of Transhumanism & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Nima Arkani-Hamed - What's Fundamental in the Cosmos?

Nima Arkani-Hamed - What's Fundamental in the Cosmos?

Wendy Freedman - Did Our Universe have a Beginning?

Wendy Freedman - Did Our Universe have a Beginning?

Eran Zaidel - How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?

Eran Zaidel - How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?

Robert Lawrence Kuhn and Hilary Lawson: AI, Social Media, Consciousness, & More

Robert Lawrence Kuhn and Hilary Lawson: AI, Social Media, Consciousness, & More

Henry Stapp - What Things are Conscious?

Henry Stapp - What Things are Conscious?

Barry Smith - When Brains Go Bad

Barry Smith - When Brains Go Bad

Paul Davies - What is the Far Future of Intelligence in the Universe?

Paul Davies - What is the Far Future of Intelligence in the Universe?

Yujin Nagasawa - What is Panpsychism?

Yujin Nagasawa - What is Panpsychism?

Andy Clark - Can Consciousness be Non-Biological?

Andy Clark - Can Consciousness be Non-Biological?

Don Page - Why is There ‘Something’ Rather than ‘Nothing’?

Don Page - Why is There ‘Something’ Rather than ‘Nothing’?

Anna Abraham on the Neuroscience of the Creative Brain | Closer To Truth Chats

Anna Abraham on the Neuroscience of the Creative Brain | Closer To Truth Chats

Myth vs. Truth: The Creative Brain

Myth vs. Truth: The Creative Brain

Eastern Traditions: What is World? What is Reality? | Episode 2401 | Closer To Truth

Eastern Traditions: What is World? What is Reality? | Episode 2401 | Closer To Truth

Robert Stickgold - Powers of the Subconscious

Robert Stickgold - Powers of the Subconscious

John Mazziotta - How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?

John Mazziotta - How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?

Leonard Mlodinow - Did the Universe Begin?

Leonard Mlodinow - Did the Universe Begin?

Raymond Tallis - What Is Consciousness?

Raymond Tallis - What Is Consciousness?

Joshua Swamidass - Philosophy of Biological Information

Joshua Swamidass - Philosophy of Biological Information

Jill Tarter & Douglas Vakoch - Why Do We Search for Intelligent Aliens?

Jill Tarter & Douglas Vakoch - Why Do We Search for Intelligent Aliens?

J.P. Moreland - Does a Soul Have an Afterlife?

J.P. Moreland - Does a Soul Have an Afterlife?

Robert Laughlin - Are Life and Mind Inevitable in the Universe?

Robert Laughlin - Are Life and Mind Inevitable in the Universe?

Raphael Bousso - Events and the Nature of Time

Raphael Bousso - Events and the Nature of Time

Ned Block - Does Human Consciousness Have Special Purpose?

Ned Block - Does Human Consciousness Have Special Purpose?

Adina Roskies - Free Will and Decision Making

Adina Roskies - Free Will and Decision Making

Daniel Dennett - Can Religion Be Explained Without God?

Daniel Dennett - Can Religion Be Explained Without God?

Derek Turner - Philosophy of Biological Death

Derek Turner - Philosophy of Biological Death

Geraint Lewis - The Dark Side of the Universe

Geraint Lewis - The Dark Side of the Universe

J. van Huyssteen - What's the Essence of Consciousness?

J. van Huyssteen - What's the Essence of Consciousness?

Explore the full program of this year's HTLGI Hay Festival

Explore the full program of this year's HTLGI Hay Festival

Pedro Ferreira - Physics of Fine-Tuning

Pedro Ferreira - Physics of Fine-Tuning

Andrew Loke - The Nature of the Human Person

Andrew Loke - The Nature of the Human Person

Steve Giddings - Events in Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

Steve Giddings - Events in Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

Martin Rees - Why Is There Anything At All?

Martin Rees - Why Is There Anything At All?

Tim Bayne - Does Brain Science Eliminate Free Will?

Tim Bayne - Does Brain Science Eliminate Free Will?

Murali Doraiswamy - When Brains Go Bad

Murali Doraiswamy - When Brains Go Bad

Michael Ruse - Why Philosophy of Biology?

Michael Ruse - Why Philosophy of Biology?

Henry Stapp - Can We Explain Cosmos and Consciousness?

Henry Stapp - Can We Explain Cosmos and Consciousness?

Sean Carroll - Why the Cosmos?

Sean Carroll - Why the Cosmos?

Robert Wright on Evolution and the Future of Humanity | Closer To Truth Chats

Robert Wright on Evolution and the Future of Humanity | Closer To Truth Chats

Stuart Hameroff - Can Consciousness be Non-Biological?

Stuart Hameroff - Can Consciousness be Non-Biological?

Max Tegmark - What Exists?

Max Tegmark - What Exists?

COMING SOON: Robert Wright on the Future of Humanity

COMING SOON: Robert Wright on the Future of Humanity

Alexander Vilenkin - Did Our Universe Have a Beginning?

Alexander Vilenkin - Did Our Universe Have a Beginning?

Alan Leshner - What is Free Will?

Alan Leshner - What is Free Will?

Susan Greenfield - Computational Theory of the Mind

Susan Greenfield - Computational Theory of the Mind

Neil Theise - Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?

Neil Theise - Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?

David Chalmers - What Things are Conscious?

David Chalmers - What Things are Conscious?

Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence and the Future of AI | Closer To Truth Chats

Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence and the Future of AI | Closer To Truth Chats

Nick Bostrom discusses "Deep Utopia", AI, & life's purpose

Nick Bostrom discusses "Deep Utopia", AI, & life's purpose

George Ellis - The Physics of Fine-Tuning

George Ellis - The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Mohammed Saleh Zarepour - Science and Religion

Mohammed Saleh Zarepour - Science and Religion

Paul Thagard on AI, Animal Consciousness, and Human Intelligence | Closer To Truth Chats

Paul Thagard on AI, Animal Consciousness, and Human Intelligence | Closer To Truth Chats

NEW CHAT: Paul Thagard on AI, consciousness, and more

NEW CHAT: Paul Thagard on AI, consciousness, and more

What Would Alien Life & Intelligences Mean? | Episode 2305 | Closer To Truth

What Would Alien Life & Intelligences Mean? | Episode 2305 | Closer To Truth

Tim Maudlin - What is Strong Emergence?

Tim Maudlin - What is Strong Emergence?

Owen Gingerich - What Are the Scope and Limits of Science?

Owen Gingerich - What Are the Scope and Limits of Science?

CTT partners with the HowtheLightGetsIn Hay Festival

CTT partners with the HowtheLightGetsIn Hay Festival

Colin Blakemore - Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?

Colin Blakemore - Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?

Anya Plutynski - Philosophy of Molecular Biology & Genes

Anya Plutynski - Philosophy of Molecular Biology & Genes

Warren Brown - What Is Consciousness?

Warren Brown - What Is Consciousness?

Helen De Cruz on What Makes Life Worth Living | Closer To Truth Chats

Helen De Cruz on What Makes Life Worth Living | Closer To Truth Chats

Richard Dawkins - Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

Richard Dawkins - Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

Scott Aaronson - Why Philosophy of Science?

Scott Aaronson - Why Philosophy of Science?

Helen De Cruz talks wonder and awe

Helen De Cruz talks wonder and awe

Is Race Real? | Episode 2304 | Closer To Truth

Is Race Real? | Episode 2304 | Closer To Truth

Giulio Tononi - Is There Anything Non-physical About the Mind?

Giulio Tononi - Is There Anything Non-physical About the Mind?

Sean Carroll - Why Fine-tuning Seems Designed

Sean Carroll - Why Fine-tuning Seems Designed

Marilyn Schlitz - Why is ESP So Intriguing?

Marilyn Schlitz - Why is ESP So Intriguing?

Russ Hurlburt - Is Consciousness Unified?

Russ Hurlburt - Is Consciousness Unified?

Roger Penrose - Did the Universe Begin?

Roger Penrose - Did the Universe Begin?

Carlo Rovelli on White Holes | Closer To Truth Chats

Carlo Rovelli on White Holes | Closer To Truth Chats

Raissa D'Souza - Is the World Self-Organizing?

Raissa D'Souza - Is the World Self-Organizing?

Richard Swinburne - How Free Will Probes Mind and Consciousness

Richard Swinburne - How Free Will Probes Mind and Consciousness

NEW: A conversation with Carlo Rovelli

NEW: A conversation with Carlo Rovelli

What is Evolutionary Developmental Biology? | Episode 2303 | Closer To Truth

What is Evolutionary Developmental Biology? | Episode 2303 | Closer To Truth

Massimo Pigliucci - Philosophy of Ecology & the Environment

Massimo Pigliucci - Philosophy of Ecology & the Environment

Seth Lloyd - What is Complexity in the Cosmos?

Seth Lloyd - What is Complexity in the Cosmos?

Daniel Dennett - Philosophy of Free Will

Daniel Dennett - Philosophy of Free Will

Freeman Dyson - Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?

Freeman Dyson - Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?

Christopher Isham - Is Time Fundamental?

Christopher Isham - Is Time Fundamental?

Christof Koch - Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?

Christof Koch - Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?

Joshua Swamidass - Philosophy of Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence

Joshua Swamidass - Philosophy of Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence

Nancey Murphy - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Consciousness?

Nancey Murphy - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Consciousness?

What is Biological Information? | Episode 2302 | Closer To Truth

What is Biological Information? | Episode 2302 | Closer To Truth

Denis Alexander - How Complexity and Emergence Create a Cosmos?

Denis Alexander - How Complexity and Emergence Create a Cosmos?

Christopher Isham - What Does Quantum Theory Mean?

Christopher Isham - What Does Quantum Theory Mean?

Marcelo Gleiser on Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience | Closer To Truth Chats

Marcelo Gleiser on Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience | Closer To Truth Chats

Quayshawn Spencer - Philosophy of Species & Individuals

Quayshawn Spencer - Philosophy of Species & Individuals

Keith Ward - What's the Stuff of Mind and Brain?

Keith Ward - What's the Stuff of Mind and Brain?

Arthur Hyman - What is Immortality?

Arthur Hyman - What is Immortality?

John Hawthorne - What Are the Things of Existence?

John Hawthorne - What Are the Things of Existence?

Alva Noë - What's the Meaning of Consciousness?

Alva Noë - What's the Meaning of Consciousness?

Why Philosophy of Biology? | Episode 2301 | Closer To Truth

Why Philosophy of Biology? | Episode 2301 | Closer To Truth

Michael Shermer - What’s the New Atheism?

Michael Shermer - What’s the New Atheism?

Lothar Schafer - Does Consciousness Cause the Cosmos?

Lothar Schafer - Does Consciousness Cause the Cosmos?

Samir Okasha - Philosophy of Medicine & Healthcare

Samir Okasha - Philosophy of Medicine & Healthcare

Seth Lloyd - Events in Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

Seth Lloyd - Events in Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

Louis Caruana - Critical Realism in Science and Theology

Louis Caruana - Critical Realism in Science and Theology

Explore the HowtheLightGetsIn Festival

Explore the HowtheLightGetsIn Festival

Mario Livio - The Anthropic Principle: Meaning & Significance

Mario Livio - The Anthropic Principle: Meaning & Significance

Fred Alan Wolf - Does Physical Reality Go Beyond?

Fred Alan Wolf - Does Physical Reality Go Beyond?

Alan Guth - Must the Universe Contain Consciousness?

Alan Guth - Must the Universe Contain Consciousness?

Sneak peek at our new season!

Sneak peek at our new season!

Lisa Lloyd - Why Philosophy of Biology?

Lisa Lloyd - Why Philosophy of Biology?

Tim Bayne - Free Will: Essence and Nature

Tim Bayne - Free Will: Essence and Nature

Michael Merzenich - What Do Brains Do?

Michael Merzenich - What Do Brains Do?

Martin Rees - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind?

Martin Rees - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind?

John Hick - What is Truth?

John Hick - What is Truth?

Freeman Dyson - What's Fundamental in the Cosmos?

Freeman Dyson - What's Fundamental in the Cosmos?

Quentin Smith - What Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Mean?

Quentin Smith - What Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Mean?

Wendy Freedman - What Happens in the Far Far Future?

Wendy Freedman - What Happens in the Far Far Future?

Dean Zimmerman - What is the Mind-Body Problem?

Dean Zimmerman - What is the Mind-Body Problem?

Colin Blakemore - What is Ultimate Reality?

Colin Blakemore - What is Ultimate Reality?

John Leslie - Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?

John Leslie - Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?

Patrick Haggard - How Brain Scientists Think About Consciousness

Patrick Haggard - How Brain Scientists Think About Consciousness

Ilia Delio on Evolution, Quantum Physics, and Neuroscience in Theology | Closer To Truth Chats

Ilia Delio on Evolution, Quantum Physics, and Neuroscience in Theology | Closer To Truth Chats

George Smoot - How Significant is an Expanding Universe?

George Smoot - How Significant is an Expanding Universe?

Tao Jiang - Death, Life After Death, and Reincarnation

Tao Jiang - Death, Life After Death, and Reincarnation

Andrew Briggs - Experiments in Quantum Mechanics

Andrew Briggs - Experiments in Quantum Mechanics

Stuart Hameroff - What is Panpsychism?

Stuart Hameroff - What is Panpsychism?

Samir Okasha - Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

Samir Okasha - Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

Andy Clark - What is Consciousness?

Andy Clark - What is Consciousness?

Sam Parnia - Do Persons Have Souls?

Sam Parnia - Do Persons Have Souls?

Andrei Linde - Are We Living in a Simulation?

Andrei Linde - Are We Living in a Simulation?

Paul Davies - The Multiverse: Where Do We Go from Here?

Paul Davies - The Multiverse: Where Do We Go from Here?

A. C. Grayling - Realism vs. Anti-realism

A. C. Grayling - Realism vs. Anti-realism

Rachell Powell - Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality, Gender

Rachell Powell - Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality, Gender

Warren Brown - What Are Persons?

Warren Brown - What Are Persons?

Ken Olum - Will the Universe Ever End?

Ken Olum - Will the Universe Ever End?

Russ Hurlburt - Is Consciousness Unified?

Russ Hurlburt - Is Consciousness Unified?

Brian Keating - Asking Ultimate Questions

Brian Keating - Asking Ultimate Questions

Michael Graziano - Why did Consciousness Emerge?

Michael Graziano - Why did Consciousness Emerge?

Richard Swinburne - Why is There 'Something' Rather Than 'Nothing'?

Richard Swinburne - Why is There 'Something' Rather Than 'Nothing'?

Peter Godfrey-Smith - Philosophy of Biological Death

Peter Godfrey-Smith - Philosophy of Biological Death

Philip Clayton - How Does Metaphysics Reveal Reality?

Philip Clayton - How Does Metaphysics Reveal Reality?

Swami Medhananda - The Nature of the Human Person

Swami Medhananda - The Nature of the Human Person

Eran Zaidel - What Do Brains Do?

Eran Zaidel - What Do Brains Do?

Franklin Perkins - Consciousness as Ultimate

Franklin Perkins - Consciousness as Ultimate

Lisa Randall - Why Do we Search for Symmetry?

Lisa Randall - Why Do we Search for Symmetry?

Ned Block - Can Metaphysics Discover Surprises?

Ned Block - Can Metaphysics Discover Surprises?

Al Mele - Philosophy of Free Will

Al Mele - Philosophy of Free Will

Alan Guth - How Does Dark Energy Drive the Universe?

Alan Guth - How Does Dark Energy Drive the Universe?

Dean Rickles - Is Time Fundamental?

Dean Rickles - Is Time Fundamental?

Michael Shermer - Can a Person Be a Soul?

Michael Shermer - Can a Person Be a Soul?

George Smoot III - Did Our Universe Have a Beginning?

George Smoot III - Did Our Universe Have a Beginning?

Richard Dawkins - Philosophy of Extraterrestrial Life & Diverse Intelligences

Richard Dawkins - Philosophy of Extraterrestrial Life & Diverse Intelligences

Helen De Cruz - Morality, Prescriptive Behavior, Evil, and Suffering

Helen De Cruz - Morality, Prescriptive Behavior, Evil, and Suffering

Alexander Vilenkin - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind?

Alexander Vilenkin - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind?

What do you ponder?

What do you ponder?

Menas Kafatos - Why Is There Anything At All?

Menas Kafatos - Why Is There Anything At All?

Peter van Inwagen - Mysteries of Free Will

Peter van Inwagen - Mysteries of Free Will

Fred Alan Wolf - All Reality Consists of What Things?

Fred Alan Wolf - All Reality Consists of What Things?

Laura Mersini-Houghton - Multiverse: Where Do We Go from Here?

Laura Mersini-Houghton - Multiverse: Where Do We Go from Here?

Louis Caruana - How Do We Know What We Know?

Louis Caruana - How Do We Know What We Know?

David Albert - What Does Quantum Theory Mean?

David Albert - What Does Quantum Theory Mean?

Eric Schwitzgebel - What Things are Conscious?

Eric Schwitzgebel - What Things are Conscious?

Saul Perlmutter - Why Did Our Universe Begin?

Saul Perlmutter - Why Did Our Universe Begin?