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Alex O'Connor
Alex J. O’Connor is founder of the “Cosmic Skeptic” YouTube channel, podcast and blog, platforms dedicated to the publication of philosophical ideas and debates in an accessible format.
A recent graduate of philosophy and theology from St. John’s College, Oxford University, Alex is an international public speaker and debater, having delivered addresses across multiple continents at conferences, universities, and local drinking groups, as well as debated ethics, religion, and politics with a number of high-profile opponents before college audiences, on radio talk shows and on national television.
Alex J. O’Connor is founder of the “Cosmic Skeptic” YouTube channel, podcast and blog, platforms dedicated to the publication of philosophical ideas and debates in an accessible format.
A recent graduate of philosophy and theology from St. John’s College, Oxford University, Alex is an international public speaker and debater, having delivered addresses across multiple continents at conferences, universities, and local drinking groups, as well as debated ethics, religion, and politics with a number of high-profile opponents before college audiences, on radio talk shows and on national television.
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In Search of the Self
The Limits of Logic
The Fractured Mind
The Dance of Life
In Search Of Ourselves
Neuroscience vs. Philosophy
The Limits of Reason
The Illusion of Sense
How to be a Stoic
Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
The Mind and the World
The Limits of Freedom
The Secrets of Consciousness
Matter and Mind
Hearts and Minds
The Story of I
The Chemistry of Freedom
Mind and the Universe
Fate, Freedom, and Neuroscience
Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Secrets of the Mind
The Mind's Eye
The Extended Mind
Owning Ourselves
Being Conscious
On Having a Mind, Having a Body, and Being a Person
The Fragility of the Human Personality
Dangerous Convictions
Actual Consciousness
Stories of Desire
At One With Ourselves
Mind in the 21st Century
The Tyranny of Freedom
The Evolution of Consciousness
The Edge of Reason
Metaphors of the Mind
The Road to the Good Life
Are Selves Unreal?
Animal Reason
Inside the Mind’s Eye
Catching Sight of Ourselves
The Philosopher’s Guide to Style
The Ego Trick
Sensuality and Deception
Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Outrageous Fortune
The Architecture of Being
Entering the Unknown
Thinking Afresh
The View From Outside