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#83 - DC Schindler - Story & The Dramatic Structure of Truth
D. C. Schindler is professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC. He is the author of eleven books, including Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty (University of Notre Dame Press, 2017)
#82 - John Vervaeke - Attention, Agency & Aligning AI
John is a professor of cognitive science and cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto and the creator of "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis." (check out his channel here and the PP and RR integration talk here ).In this podcast, we are discussing
#81 - Adam Safron - The Cognitive Science of Free-will
Adam Safron, Ph. D., is a Cognitive Scientist and psychologist who studies the nature of preferences and motivation from mechanistic, developmental, and evolutionary perspectives. Recently, he has proposed a model of embodied agency and free will and is w
#80 - Rick Repetti - Robert Sapolski is wrong, you are FREE.
Rick Repetti is a philosophy professor, meditation teacher, and author of several publications on free will (find more of Rick's work below).Ricks website: https://www.rickrepetti.com/Awaken to meaning: https://awakentomeaning.com/American Philosophical
#79 - Jelle Bruineberg - How SOCIAL MEDIA manipulates your MIND to change your BEHAVIOUR
Jelle Bruineberg is an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication.Read his paper Adversarial Inference: Predictive Minds in the Attention Economy:https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2023/1/niad
#78 - Matt Segall - Reality, Free-will and The Kantian Divide
Matthew David Segall, Phd, is a transdisciplinary researcher, writer, teacher, and philosopher applying process-relational thought across the natural and social sciences and to the study of consciousness. He is the Associate Professor in the Philosophy, C
Dimensions of Meaning in Life: Depth
The fourth dimension of meaning in life is not reported in the psychological literature but was added by Cognitive Scientist John Veraveke, and this dimension is called depth. He describes depth as the felt sense of being connected to what is most real
#77 - Dr Iain McGilchrist - Neuroscience, Attention & Artificial Intelligence
Dr Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, literary scholar, and the worlds foremost expert on brain hemispheric differences. He has written several significant books, such as The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Bra
Dimensions of Meaning in Life: Significance
Audio essay on the third dimension of meaning in life is called significance, which has to do with human worth, importance and value.Read the full essay at www.mahonmccann.com Get full access to Wisdom Dojo at www.mahonmccann.com/subscribe
#76 - Christopher Mastropietro - Mythology, Meaning & Manipulation
Chris is a philosophical writer with interests in dialogue, symbols, and the concept of self. He is a co-author of several publications, including Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis (Open Book Publishers, 2017), “Gnosis in the Secon