What does brain damage do to people? By observing strange behaviors in brain-impaired patients, scientists discern how normal brains works For example, what happens to “the... video When Brains Go Bad? Episode 01 Season 16 26:48 Watch Have we underestimated the risks of global catastrophe and human extinction? There is an odd argument that claims to justify end-of-the-world worries with raw statistics. video What is the Doomsday Argument? Episode 02 Season 16 26:47 Watch Where do miracles fit in belief systems that center on God? If God exists, how could God make miracles happen, and what would miracles imply about the way God relates to the... video How Could God Make Miracles? Episode 03 Season 16 26:49 Watch Why the tension between consciousness, my inner experience, and language, enabling thought and culture? Does consciousness cause language? Or language cause consciousness? video How do Language and Consciousness Relate? Episode, Topic Series Episode 04 Season 16 26:52 Watch Science and religion each claims dominion over deep reality. But science and religion are not parallel. All should believe science, humanity’s common language, while... video Can God and Science Mix? Episode 05 Season 16 26:49 Watch There is strain between faith and reason, yet many people proclaim their faith. Why? What generates faith? God? Or human psychology? Should we want to have faith? video Religious Faith: Rational or Rationalization? Episode 06 Season 16 26:48 Watch Can physical facts about the brain account for mental experiences of the mind? Has philosophy of mind made progress? We take a 15-year journey with John Searle and David... video Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness? Episode 07 Season 16 26:46 Watch Materialism is the belief that only physical things are real. But physical things seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the... video Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness? Episode 08 Season 16 26:48 Watch Does anything exist beyond the physical world? If yes, could consciousness undermine materialism? If no, could consciousness confirm materialism? It’s the big test. video Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? Episode 09 Season 16 26:48 Watch When believers argue that God exists, what mistakes do they make? What are their errors in logic as well as in fact? Whoever wants to believe in God must not use arguments... video Fallacies in Arguing for God? Episode 10 Season 16 26:48 Watch Can science discover all truths? Or are there truths beyond science? What is science? A process? A way of thinking? How to get at the essence of science, discern how it... video What is Philosophy of Science? Episode 11 Season 16 26:48 Watch What constitutes good science? Are there limits to science? If so, what are the boundaries? How deep can science dig into the foundations of the world? video Does Philosophy Help Science? Episode 12 Season 16 26:48 Watch One of artificial intelligence’s legendary pioneers, Marvin Minsky, recently died. With this tribute, we celebrate his penetrating analysis of brains, minds, AI, religion... video A Tribute to Marvin Minsky Episode 13 Season 16 26:45 Watch
What does brain damage do to people? By observing strange behaviors in brain-impaired patients, scientists discern how normal brains works For example, what happens to “the... video When Brains Go Bad? Episode 01 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Have we underestimated the risks of global catastrophe and human extinction? There is an odd argument that claims to justify end-of-the-world worries with raw statistics. video What is the Doomsday Argument? Episode 02 Season 16 26:47 Watch
Where do miracles fit in belief systems that center on God? If God exists, how could God make miracles happen, and what would miracles imply about the way God relates to the... video How Could God Make Miracles? Episode 03 Season 16 26:49 Watch
Why the tension between consciousness, my inner experience, and language, enabling thought and culture? Does consciousness cause language? Or language cause consciousness? video How do Language and Consciousness Relate? Episode, Topic Series Episode 04 Season 16 26:52 Watch
Science and religion each claims dominion over deep reality. But science and religion are not parallel. All should believe science, humanity’s common language, while... video Can God and Science Mix? Episode 05 Season 16 26:49 Watch
There is strain between faith and reason, yet many people proclaim their faith. Why? What generates faith? God? Or human psychology? Should we want to have faith? video Religious Faith: Rational or Rationalization? Episode 06 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Can physical facts about the brain account for mental experiences of the mind? Has philosophy of mind made progress? We take a 15-year journey with John Searle and David... video Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness? Episode 07 Season 16 26:46 Watch
Materialism is the belief that only physical things are real. But physical things seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the... video Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness? Episode 08 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Does anything exist beyond the physical world? If yes, could consciousness undermine materialism? If no, could consciousness confirm materialism? It’s the big test. video Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? Episode 09 Season 16 26:48 Watch
When believers argue that God exists, what mistakes do they make? What are their errors in logic as well as in fact? Whoever wants to believe in God must not use arguments... video Fallacies in Arguing for God? Episode 10 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Can science discover all truths? Or are there truths beyond science? What is science? A process? A way of thinking? How to get at the essence of science, discern how it... video What is Philosophy of Science? Episode 11 Season 16 26:48 Watch
What constitutes good science? Are there limits to science? If so, what are the boundaries? How deep can science dig into the foundations of the world? video Does Philosophy Help Science? Episode 12 Season 16 26:48 Watch
One of artificial intelligence’s legendary pioneers, Marvin Minsky, recently died. With this tribute, we celebrate his penetrating analysis of brains, minds, AI, religion... video A Tribute to Marvin Minsky Episode 13 Season 16 26:45 Watch
