The Institute of Art and Ideas recently introduced a new podcast, "Philosophy for Our Times".
The launch line-up features eminent analytic philosopher John Searle, Nobel prize-winner Paul Krugman, How the Laws of Physics Lie author Nancy Cartwright, former leader of the Conservative Michael Howard and Guardian journalist Owen Jones. Debate questions include: “Are the laws of nature illusory?”, “Are there alternatives to Capitalism”, “Do we need a new account of truth?”, “Is the self real?”.
Episodes of interest include "Philosophy for Our Times" and particularly the debate regarding neuroscience and mental illness in "Mind, Myth and Madness".
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