Mind Chat podcast

Mind Chat

Philip Goff is a philosopher who thinks consciousness pervades the universe. Keith Frankish is a philosopher who thinks consciousness* doesn't even exist. From their very different perspectives, Keith and Philip interview leading scientists and philosophers of consciousness, engaging and debating in a friendly way in pursuit of truth. Mind Chat aims to be highly accessible, allowing those with no background in science and/or philosophy to get a grip on the cutting edge of the field. (*To be more precise, Keith thinks *phenomenal* consciousness doesn't exist; listen to find out what this is.)

Philip Goff is a philosopher who thinks consciousness pervades the universe. Keith Frankish is a philosopher who thinks consciousness* doesn't even exist. From their very different perspectives, Keith and Philip interview leading scientists and philosophers of consciousness, engaging and debating in a friendly way in pursuit of truth. Mind Chat aims to be highly accessible, allowing those with no background in science and/or philosophy to get a grip on the cutting edge of the field. (*To be more precise, Keith thinks *phenomenal* consciousness doesn't exist; listen to find out what this is.)

 

#28

Andy Clark: The Experience Machine

Andy Clark is a leading and incredibly influential philosopher and cognitive scientist. Am... more

10 Dec 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:57

10 Dec 2024


#27

Philip Goff & Keith Frankish: Heretical Christianity

Philip recently went public with his conversion to a heretical form of Christianity (see a... more

09 Dec 2024

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:55

09 Dec 2024


#26

Annaka Harris: Is Consciousness Everywhere?

Annaka Harris is author of bestselling book "Conscious" and writer and producer of the for... more

09 Dec 2024

1 HR 48 MINS

1:48:51

09 Dec 2024


#25

Sarah Lane-Ritchie & Aidan Lyon: What Can Psychedelics Tell Us About Mind & Reality?

Can taking psychedelics teach us more about the mind than science and philosophy? Is it ra... more

28 Apr 2024

1 HR 41 MINS

1:41:56

28 Apr 2024


#24

Kevin Mitchell: Do We Have Free Will?

Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dubl... more

28 Apr 2024

1 HR 45 MINS

1:45:27

28 Apr 2024


#23

Cat Gillen: Do Electrons Exist?

Recently Philip and Sabine Hossenfelder had a discussion on Twitter about the relationship... more

27 Nov 2023

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:23

27 Nov 2023


#22

Halloween Special! The Purpose of the Universe

Keith and Philip will discuss Philip's new book 'Why? The Purpose of the Universe.' [https... more

06 Nov 2023

1 HR 39 MINS

1:39:22

06 Nov 2023


#21

Donald Hoffman: What is Reality?

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of 'The Case Against Reali... more

25 Jul 2023

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:36

25 Jul 2023


#20

Eric Schwitzgebel : Is the United States Conscious?

Eric Schwitzgebel is professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. H... more

25 Jul 2023

1 HR 54 MINS

1:54:14

25 Jul 2023


#19

Michelle Liu and Edouard Machery: Is the 'Hard Problem of Consciousness' Nonsense Invented by Philo...

Many philosophers worry about David Chalmers' 'hard problem' of how brains produce conscio... more

10 Apr 2023

2 HR 09 MINS

2:09:14

10 Apr 2023


#18

Frank Jackson: The Greatest Argument Against Materialism

Professor Frank Jackson (Australian National University) came up with one of the most infl... more

10 Apr 2023

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:00

10 Apr 2023


#17

Francois Kammerer and Luke Roelofs: Illusionism or Panpsychism?

Mind Chat is back!! We've been a bit delayed due to illness in the family and Philip needi... more

10 Apr 2023

2 HR 02 MINS

2:02:39

10 Apr 2023


#16

Noam Chomsky: Chomsky on Consciousness

Noam Chomsky is an intellectual giant, who has made major contributions to linguistics, ph... more

25 Sep 2022

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:42

25 Sep 2022


#15

Angela Mendelovici: How Does Consciousness Connect us to Reality? Part II

Angela Mendelovici (University of Western Ontorio) is a prominent proponent of the 'Phenom... more

24 Jul 2022

2 HR 59 MINS

2:59:09

24 Jul 2022


#14

Ann-Sophie Barwich: Smellosophy--The Philosophy & Neuroscience of Smell

Ann-Sophie Barwich is a cognitive scientist and empirical philosopher, and author of 'Smel... more

23 Jul 2022

2 HR 24 MINS

2:24:20

23 Jul 2022


#13

Philip Goff: Is Physics Different in the Brain?

In a special follow-up episode, Philip shares some personal reflections on the recent disc... more

28 Jun 2022

54 MINS

54:19

28 Jun 2022


#12

Sean Carroll and Barry Loewer: What Does Physics Tell Us About Consciousness?

We previously had a long chat with Sean Carroll. A big bone of contention with Philip and ... more

28 Jun 2022

2 HR 09 MINS

2:09:46

28 Jun 2022


#11

Helen Steward: Do We Have Free Will?

Helen Steward is a philosopher and author of [ Metaphysics for Freedom] (https://oxford.un... more

30 Mar 2022

2 HR 06 MINS

2:06:23

30 Mar 2022


#10

David Papineau: How Does Consciousness Connect Us To Reality?

Keith and Philip interview David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy at King's College Londo... more

19 Mar 2022

2 HR 58 MINS

2:58:43

19 Mar 2022


#9

David Chalmers: Are We Living in a Simulation?

David Chalmers is one of the most important and influential philosophers of consciousness ... more

25 Feb 2022

2 HR 49 MINS

2:49:08

25 Feb 2022


#8

Christmas Special: Panpsychism or Illusionism?

In the Mind Chat Christmas special, Keith and Philip take it in turns to interrogate each ... more

16 Dec 2021

2 HR 47 MINS

2:47:56

16 Dec 2021


#7

Sean Carroll: Is Consciousness Emergent?

Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll joins us to discuss whether it make sense to think of c... more

15 Nov 2021

3 HR 14 MINS

3:14:41

15 Nov 2021


#6

Anil Seth: Is Consciousness a Controlled Hallucination?

Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Su... more

13 Oct 2021

1 HR 57 MINS

1:57:41

13 Oct 2021


#5

Helen Yetter-Chappell: Is Reality Made up of Consciousness?

Dr Helen Yetter-Chappell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Miami. Idea... more

11 Oct 2021

2 HR 04 MINS

2:04:08

11 Oct 2021


#4

Matthias Michel: Is a Science of Consciousness Possible?

Matthias Michel is a philosopher whose work focuses on the science of consciousness. In a ... more

15 Aug 2021

2 HR 38 MINS

2:38:53

15 Aug 2021


#3

Christof Koch: The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness

Christof Koch is a neuroscientist and proponent of the integrated information theory of co... more

20 Jul 2021

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:49

20 Jul 2021


#2

Janet Levin: The Materialist Theory of Consciousness

Professor Janet Levin is a materialist about consciousness. She thinks our feelings and ex... more

03 Jun 2021

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:26

03 Jun 2021


#1

Tim O'Connor: Interview with a Dualist

Tim O'Connor is a dualist: someone who thinks consciousness is not physical. People tend t... more

22 May 2021

1 HR 55 MINS

1:55:42

22 May 2021