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Robert Lawrence Kuhn is an American public intellectual and investment banker. He is also an author, television producer, columnist and commentator, especially on topics related to China. Kuhn is the creator of the PBS series ⁠ @CloserToTruthTV ⁠.View the Landscape of Consciousness Map ⁠here⁠.

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(1:03:51) Do All These “Theories” Really Differ?

(1:08:40) Dualism and Property Dualism

(1:20:30) Are Psychedelic Experiences Significant?

(1:32:02) The “Challenge” Category

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John Sellars is a Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, a visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford. His books include Lessons in Stoicism, The Fourfold Remedy, Aristotle and his work has been translated into over a dozen languages.

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(12:59) Forms: Aristotle vs Plato

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(29:40) Did Aristotle Believe In God?

(32:38) The Unmoved Mover

(38:58) The Soul (Is Not What You Might Think)

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Keith Frankish is a British philosopher specialising in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science.

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(43:05) What Motivates Illusionism?

(50:02) Psychedelics and the Dissolution of the Self

(59:23) Why Are Philosophers Always Categorising?

(1:10:31) Does Alex’s Triangle Exist?

(1:21:40) Is Pain Just a Reaction to Stimulus?

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