Simon Wessely
Simon Wessely is a visionary psychiatrist and epidemiologist at the forefront of research in medicine, psychiatry, clinical epidemiology and military health. He currently holds the position of Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King's College London.
Simon Wessely is a visionary psychiatrist and epidemiologist at the forefront of research in medicine, psychiatry, clinical epidemiology and military health. He currently holds the position of Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King's College London.
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Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Can we see ourselves clearly if we want to?
Power, politics, and mental health
Rewriting mental health
Mind, Madness, and Power
Is psychiatry dangerous?
Beyond Mad or Bad
Mental health, social constructs and community
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In Search of the Self
Are you an illusion?
The Limits of Logic
Should we embrace the irrational?
The Fractured Mind
Bence Nanay | Should we avoid temptations?
The Dance of Life
Is experience all that we have?
In Search Of Ourselves
Is self-discovery a desirable and vital goal?
Neuroscience vs. Philosophy
Explaining the secrets of the mind
The Limits of Reason
Is knowledge stranger than reason?
The Illusion of Sense
Do our senses radically limit our understanding?
How to be a Stoic
Live your Best Life
Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
Are the minds of others profoundly unknowable?
The Mind and the World
Raymond Tallis | The issue with neuromania
The Limits of Freedom
Is there such a thing as too much freedom?
The Secrets of Consciousness
Can the brain explain experience?
Matter and Mind
Is consciousness inexplicable?
Hearts and Minds
Should intuition or reason guide us?
The Story of I
Where does the narrative of the self come from?
The Chemistry of Freedom
Is free will an illusion?
Mind and the Universe
Is consciousness stranger than we thought?
Fate, Freedom, and Neuroscience
The science of free will
Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Can we see ourselves clearly if we want to?
Secrets of the Mind
Can science explain consciousness?
The Mind's Eye
Consciousness and the soul
The Extended Mind
Is consciousness confined to the body?
Owning Ourselves
Are our bodies our property?
Being Conscious
The science and philosophy of consciousness
On Having a Mind, Having a Body, and Being a Person
The Fragility of the Human Personality
Dangerous Convictions
Frank Furedi | Could we live without certainty?
Actual Consciousness
The Limits of Human Consciousness and Thought
Stories of Desire
Can desire help us make sense of the world?
At One With Ourselves
Are meditation and mindfulness just myths?
Mind in the 21st Century
The Tyranny of Freedom
Do we have too much choice?
The Evolution of Consciousness
The transformative ideas of Owen Barfield
The Edge of Reason
Beyond the limits of rationality
Metaphors of the Mind
Does metaphor hold the key to consciousness?
The Road to the Good Life
Is reason the key to a better world?
Are Selves Unreal?
Debunking the establishment's attack on the Self
Animal Reason
Is consciousness unique to humans?
Inside the Mind’s Eye
Catching Sight of Ourselves
Who looks back in the mirror?
The Philosopher’s Guide to Style
Why appearance matters
The Ego Trick
Is the self an illusion?
Sensuality and Deception
Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Are we any closer to understanding the self, and what makes each one of us who we are?
Outrageous Fortune
Fate in modern society
The Architecture of Being
Navigating our relationships
Entering the Unknown
What can we know of ourselves and the world?
Thinking Afresh
Is consistency consistent?
The View From Outside
Is Descartes Irrelevant?
Should we focus on modern philosophy?
Entering the Soul Niche
How a belief in it has kept humanity going
Rebecca Goldstein | In-depth Interview
On the role of intuiton in Philosophy
Paul Boghossian | In-depth Interview
On truth, intuition and beyond
Timothy Williamson | In-depth Interview
How can philosophy help us think more clearly?
How to Change Your Habits of Thought
Understanding the patterning instinct
The Self Around the World
Why the East/West Distinction is Wrong
In search of freedom
Do we choose to follow the rules?
A History of the Conscious World
Panpsychism's roots in ancient Indian philosophy
The Right Way to Think
Can we trust our reason?
Illusions and Dreams
The philosophy of perception
The miracle of mind
Will there ever be consensus on consciousness?
The consciousness puzzle
Is panpsychism the solution?
The truth about free will
Is choice an illusion?
The freedom paradox
Does free will exist?
The path to the future
Susan Schneider on AI
How to fathom timelessness via psychedelics
What should time mean to us?
The continuity of the self
An interview with Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
The different places of the self
The problem with individualism
Consciousness and the world
The relationship between experience and reality
Beyond Us: Knowledge
Episode 1: What is knowledge and what is it for?
Are you an illusion?
Reshaping the self
Arc of life: Daniel Dennett
An interview with the world-renowned philosopher
The rational animal
Are we any good at making decisions?
How to die before you die
Discovering psychedelics in the Ancient world
Beyond Us: Bonus Review
Episode 5: Bonus Review
Ideas, identity and influence
An interview with Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah
The necessity and danger of belief
Does faith undermine knowledge?
Lost in the Matrix
Are we living in a computer simulation?
Hallucinating reality
Anil Seth's radical new theory of the self
Philosophy, psychoanalysis and the wisdom of youth
An interview with Maria Balaska
Free will is a necessary illusion
An interview with the acclaimed Galen Strawson
Consciousness and Fundamental Physics
Is consciousness fundamental to reality?
In conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
An exploration of the mind
Rethinking reason
Is rationality a delusion?
How to lose your head
Exploring the headless way
The dawn of consciousness
Did consciousness evolve?
The new science of consciousness
Will science crack the mystery of consciousness?
Where sceptics fail
An interview with CosmicSkeptic
Catching sight of our self
Is it possible to know ourselves?
Why you can't pay attention
Living in the age of the attention economy
Breaking through the consciousness stalemate
An interview with Philip Goff
How to be a sceptic
Using scepticism in the search for truth
Consciousness in the machine
Could AI ever be conscious?
The passion of reason
Does emotion rule over reason?
A tale of truth with Simon Blackburn
The case against relativism
The future of freedom
Can experiments settle the free will debate?
The key to consciousness
Is materialism a fundamental mistake?
Truth, delusion and psychedelic reality
Are psychedelics a window into reality?
The seduction of thought
Is thought a distraction from reality?
AI consciousness cannot exist
Why a mind will never exist in a machine
Taking leave of reason
Is rationality as vital as we thought?
Consciousness and ChatGPT
Is ChatGPT conscious?
Why the rational believe the irrational
Who believes conspiracies and why?
The psychology of AI
An interview with Isabel Millar
The quest for the common good
Moving beyond individualism
