Stephen Stich: The Evolution of Morality?
[56:10] This lecture was hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University on Friday, April 4, 2014. About the Speake…
MORESteven Pinker: The Elephant, the Emperor, and the Matzo Ball
[43:38] William James Fellow Award Address recorded May 2016 in Chicago at the 28th Annual Convention of the Associati…
MORENihilism & the Postmodern
[27:51] The 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “There can be no doubt that morality will gradual…
MOREPeter Boghossian and Dave Rubin: Critical Thinking, Atheism, and Faith
[1:17;11] Peter Boghossian (author and philosophy instructor) joins Dave Rubin to talk about critical thinking, ath…
MOREDavid Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness: 300 years on
[1:59:10] In this lecture David Chalmers considers a progress in solving the mind-body problem, outlines contempora…
MOREJonathan Haidt: Why Do We Disagree Politically?
[53:13] Politics can be divisive. There is an ‘us,’ and there is a ‘them.’ Author Jonathan H…
MORECross-Coursera Dishonesty Debate
[1:08:54] Watch the legendary moral philosopher Peter Singer, the distinguished psychologist Paul Bloom, and the ex…
MOREWalter Sinnott-Armstrong: Does Neuroscience Undermine Responsibility?
[1:28:43] Lecture hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillm…
MOREDoes Brain Difference Affect Legal and Moral Responsibility?
[1:27:46] Brains create behavior. Yet we hold people, not brains, morally and legally responsible for their actions. …
MOREThe Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
[58:38] Is self-control the secret to success in life? Is it prewired, or can it be taught? Walter Mischel’s groundbr…
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