Art delights us, but how so, and why? Can art be modes of discovery and creation that enhance understanding? Explore art’s relationship with cognitive science,...
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Episode 01
Season 20
26:47
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Art brings pleasure, but is art also more? Can the arts be sources of understanding? What is art’s potential? Will art become a subset of science? Or can art see what...
Episode 10
Is there any truth to the idea that creativity originates from the right side of the brain? What is the link between mental illness and creativity? What role can psychedelics...
Authors Series, CTT Chat
1:12:35
Will science crack the mystery of consciousness? Featuring Carlo Rovelli, Bernardo Kastrup, and Patricia Churchland. Robert Lawrence Kuhn Hosts.
Curated
52:01
Sir Roger Penrose joins Closer To Truth to discuss consciousness and new physics. Can the known laws of physics explain consciousness? Can the mind be duplicated by a...
CTT Chat
35:30
Theoretical physicist and mathematician Frank Wilczek discusses humankind’s place and purpose, what is and what could be in science, and the laws of physics....
44:35
The search for meaning and purpose is humanity’s never-ending quest. It is said that “How Questions” belong to the realm of science, but “Why...
Episode 13
Season 04
26:46
A social scientist, an expert on science and Islam, and a card-carrying skeptic discuss how the clash between technology and religion reshapes our search for meaning. A...
Roundtable
26:12
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How can the three pounds of wet tissue inside our skulls create and appreciate the grandeur and psychic power of music? Musical feel, beauty and emotion seem so radically...
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Topic Series
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50:59