Recorded on 2016-05-09
Light is a powerful force that often seems to fall into the background of our day-to-day lives. It tells us when to wake and when to sleep. It creates atmosphere and mood. It gives focus and function. It entertains and envelops. So why is control of lighting normally limited to on and off? As both […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2016-02-29
Paul Fishwick discusses with Zurabi Javakhadze and James Stallings the effects chess can have on life. They also discuss the differences that can occur between chess based programs and methods of playing chess. https://www.utdallas.edu/chess/
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-09-03
Jack McKay Fletcher discusses with Roger Malina the idea that ‘creativity’ is the category of ‘hard problems” as developed by philosopher David Chalmers. Or perhaps a “pretty hard problem”with sub areas that can be modularised, and identified with particular brain functions and regions, but is primarily systemic brain activities of the ‘hard problem’ type such […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-06-15
In this podcast, Poe Johnson interviews Eric Martin, an Assistant Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science, on the relationship between science and politics, particularly as it relates to Dr. Martin’s work on George Lakoff and Steven Pinker and the concept of scientism. Additionally, Eric Martin traces the trajectory of the way that scientific […]
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