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Without possessions, what can be said to remain of 'us'? Christopher Hamilton re...

Speakers: Christopher Hamilton

Consciousness and the soul

Speakers: David Malone, Galen Strawson, Nicholas Humphrey

Making sense of the self

Speakers: Bruce Hood, Galen Strawson, Marya Schechtman

The clinical psychologist and author of Madness Explained presents new evidence ...

Speakers: Richard Bentall

The serious business of playfulness

Speakers: Chris Bateman, Don Paterson, Harry Eyres

Encounters with the fantastical

Speakers: Frank Furedi, Gwyneth Jones, Philip Pullman

The strange vulnerability of giant corporations

Speakers: Stephen Bayley

The philosophy of neuroscience

Speakers: Bryan Appleyard, Colin Blakemore, Iain McGilchrist

Raymond Tallis explains why our love for music remains beyond science's grasp

Speakers: Raymond Tallis

Diagnoses of clinical depression are on the rise. Are we medicalising necessary ...

Speakers: Mark Salter

Are we too obsessed with the idea of being happy? Is Hollywood just the latest m...

Speakers: Richard Schoch

Fictions and fantasies in an age of reason

Speakers: Jim Crace, Justina Robson, Nicholas Royle

We take it for granted that eradicating pain is desirable. And since De Quincey...

Speakers: Barry C Smith, Christopher Hamilton, Havi Carel, Raymond Tallis

Renowned biologist examines the science behind the division of the sexes

Speakers: Lewis Wolpert
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