What’s the relationship between art and morality, if any? Can art impact morality, and if so, is art morally neutral in that art may be a force for either positive morality...
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Does mathematics have two transcendent attributes: truth and beauty? What makes math true? What makes math beautiful? Are there different kinds of mathematical existence? How...
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Season 22
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How far can science go? How much can science discover? Must all truth come from science? Are there boundaries to science? Are there truths, real truths, beyond science? Not...
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Race is obviously real—historically, socially, politically. What about biologically? What’s the relationship between color and race? Are human races subspecies of homo...
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There is so much in the universe that is astonishing, from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies. Hear the wonder and awe from the scientists who discover the...
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The very early universe likely underwent a period of enormous expansion called “inflation.” This revolutionary theory stunned cosmology. It solved knotty problems...
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If all that exists—everything imaginable, physical and nonphysical—is ‘something’. Why is there ‘something’ rather than ‘nothing’?...
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The expanding universe is humanity’s monumental discovery. Beginning with something infinitesimally small, the universe has become something majestically large. How...
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Season 04
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The three-way relationship among mind, art, and transcendence is shown to be specific and uniquely valuable; for example, how the mind appreciates art and what art does...
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What’s the relationship between the mental activity of our minds and the physical actions of our brain? It’s called The Mind-Body Problem. To many, it’s a perennial...
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Season 20
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Multiple universes used to be pure speculation. Today, most cosmologists are sure they exist, perhaps in many forms and almost certainly in vast numbers, perhaps infinite in...
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Can biology—especially evolutionary biology—help explain ethics, and if so, can science influence ethics and help set new norms? If science can, should science do? Topics...
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