A Million Little Gods

In this second episode of a three-part series on what it means to be a self, we tour a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory, examine "qualia"—instances of subjective perception or experience—and discuss with Prof. Galen Strawson the counterintuitive view of "panpsychism"—the idea that consciousness is a primordial feature of all things. Related Links: Professor Andreas Keil Kevin Gray in Pas...

Aristotle on primary premises Get full access to A Million Little Gods at amillionlittlegods.substack.com/subscribe

On the supervenience of the mind on the brain Get full access to A Million Little Gods at amillionlittlegods.substack.com/subscribe

On believing in natural selection and being a believer Get full access to A Million Little Gods at amillionlittlegods.substack.com/subscribe

What does it mean to be a self? Do you emerge from your brain? Is a self just a human being? Is it something more? Something less? Something altogether different? We'll try to wrap our minds--so to speak--around these intractable questions in this, the first in a series of three episodes featuring philosopher Galen Strawson and Fr. James Martin, SJ. Get full access to A Million Little Gods at amil...

On the “phantasmagorical wall” Get full access to A Million Little Gods at amillionlittlegods.substack.com/subscribe

What is science? Is everything, in the end, explainable by science? What makes a practice scientific? What makes one nonscientific? Do rhetoric and debate have a place in science? Do values? In our second episode, “Party and Science and Bullsh*t,” we try our hands at answering these questions, along with philosopher of science John Dupré, astrophysicist and author Marcelo Gleiser,  New York Times...

On the connection between “allusion” and “play” Get full access to A Million Little Gods at amillionlittlegods.substack.com/subscribe

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In the premiere episode of A Million Little Gods, we explore the supposedly “literary theoretical” method conceived by Harold Bloom for critiquing the work of poets and other artists over and against their predecessors. As a literary theory, Bloom’s idea was pretty insipid, but as a (somewhat jaundiced) way of looking at the human condition, it was actually profound. We speak to esteemed professor...