Conversations on consciousness, philosophy of mind, non-dualism, phenomenology, and the hard problem.
Curated by: Curt Jaimungal (139 videos)
This is a banger. Prof. Anand Vaidya of philosophy specializes in Vedic philosophy, epistemology, and we talk about God, free will, mathematics, Kripke, and even the ego as both an illusion and real. Every episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything - TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: - On Certification (Anand Vaidya): https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/898082/pdf - Podcast w/ Susan Schneider on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmQXpKyUh4g - Podcast w/ Anand Vaidya on TOE: https://youtu.be/RNmusKn6t_U - Reality Plus (David Chalmers): https://amzn.to/473AKPw - Podcast w/ Susan Blackmore Λ Bernardo Kastrup on TOE: https://youtu.be/jrVnAWP2XEs - Podcast w/ Dave Chalmers on TOE: COMING - Raymond Smullyan's Dialogue on Free Will: https://youtu.be/P-jh6tRh3Jw - Kripke's Naming and Necessity: https://amzn.to/3SbCNMZ - Mindfest Playlist on TOE (Ai and Consciousness): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOPw7Hqkc6-MXEMBy0fnZcb - Mindfest (official website): https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/news/mindfest-2023/ TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00:00 Introduction - 00:02:36 Indian theories of knowledge and sentience - 00:08:00 Hedonic Tone and the mathematics of pleasure - 00:18:15 Exploration of non-dualism vs. unity with God & absence of subject-object distinction - 00:35:00 Misconceptions about non-dualism and the importance of rationality and logic - 00:46:41 Materialism in Indian philosophy - 01:56:00 Time, impermanence, and suffering - 01:15:01 Truth, falsity, and the ineffable - 01:35:19 Shankara philosophy and Dan Dennett's rebut against Mary - 01:47:00 Chomsky vs. Kripke regarding reference and naming - 02:03:00 Metaphysically possible worlds - 02:31:10 Inflationary and deflationary approaches - 02:47:07 The Integration Challenge and the paradox of mathematical knowledge - 02:57:06 Donald Hoffman's perception theory - 03:07:04 Free will and determinism - 03:21:43 Grounding and grading of moral standing - 03:33:35 Modal logic - 03:43:02 Belief in belief