Thing in itself

Ashar Khan
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Conversations with academics. Philosophy, physics, AI, cognition, psychology, political economy, history.. things of that sort.

  1. Luiz Pessoa on the integrative framework, emotions, cognition

    30/07/2023

    Luiz Pessoa on the integrative framework, emotions, cognition

    Luiz Pessoa is a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Maryland and director of the Maryland Neuroimaging Center. Dr. Pessoa uses behavioural and functional MRI methods to study cognition and emotion (as manipulated, for instance, via the threat of shock), with an emphasis on the interactions between cognitive and emotional brain systems.

    1h 25m
  2. Michael Graziano on consciousness, attention schema theory, AI

    02/07/2023

    Michael Graziano on consciousness, attention schema theory, AI

    Michael Graziano is professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and creator of the attention schema theory.

    1h 32m
  3. Katharina Pistor on law, the code of capital, law & capitalism

    22/06/2023

    Katharina Pistor on law, the code of capital, law & capitalism

    Katharina Pistor is professor of comparative law at Columbia Law School and a leading scholar and writer on corporate governance, money and finance, property rights, and comparative law and legal institutions.

    1h 15m
  4. Richard Brown on higher order thought theories of consciousness

    20/05/2023

    Richard Brown on higher order thought theories of consciousness

    Richard Brown is a philosopher at the City University of New York. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the foundations of cognitive science and he has done significant work on higher order thought theories of consciousness.

    2h 26m
  5. Alex Rosenberg on scientism, reductionism, and the manifest image

    13/04/2023

    Alex Rosenberg on scientism, reductionism, and the manifest image

    Alex Rosenberg is professor of Philosophy at Duke University and has made several important contributions to the philosophy of science, biology, and social science.

    54 min
  6. Nicolas Gisin on intuitionism, indeterminacy, quantum gravity

    02/04/2023

    Nicolas Gisin on intuitionism, indeterminacy, quantum gravity

    Nicolas Gisin is a physicist at the University of Geneva working on the foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum information and communication.

    51 min
  7. Sheldon Solomon on death, psychiatry, existentialism, politics

    10/03/2023

    Sheldon Solomon on death, psychiatry, existentialism, politics

    Sheldon Solomon is an American social psychologist at Skidmore College. He is known for developing terror management theory, along with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski, which is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality.

    1h 19m
  8. Dean Rickles on quantum gravity, time, QBism, monism, string theory

    12/02/2023

    Dean Rickles on quantum gravity, time, QBism, monism, string theory

    Dean Rickles is professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney. He has written on quantum gravity, string theory, symmetries, spacetime, and dual aspect monism.

    1h 13m
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Conversations with academics. Philosophy, physics, AI, cognition, psychology, political economy, history.. things of that sort.

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    Ashar Khan
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
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    29
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