Speaker
,Author
Jeremy Lent
Jeremy Lent is an author and founder of the non-profit Liology Institute, an institute dedicated to a worldview that could allow humanity to thrive sustainably. The institute's objectives include stimulating and encouraging the integration of science with spiritual meaning as well as joining the worldwide movement towards sustainable living His writings investigate the thoughts that have led civilisation to our current crisis of unsustainability. In 1996, Jeremy Lent founded NextCard which was the first company to enable consumers to apply for a credit card over the internet and be approved in real time, as well as the first company to offer consumers the ability to personalise their own card. Lent's books include The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning and Requiem of the Human Soul. His latest book is The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.
Jeremy Lent is an author and founder of the non-profit Liology Institute, an institute dedicated to a worldview that could allow humanity to thrive sustainably. The institute's objectives include stimulating and encouraging the integration of science with spiritual meaning as well as joining the worldwide movement towards sustainable living His writings investigate the thoughts that have led civilisation to our current crisis of unsustainability. In 1996, Jeremy Lent founded NextCard which was the first company to enable consumers to apply for a credit card over the internet and be approved in real time, as well as the first company to offer consumers the ability to personalise their own card. Lent's books include The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning and Requiem of the Human Soul. His latest book is The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.
Jeremy Lent Videos
Jeremy Lent Articles
More Videos
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
More Articles
The new world of metamodernism
Life is a squid game
K-wave, K-pop… K-philosophy
Harari and Žižek warn of a post-nature world
Trauma. Chaos. Control. Repeat
Hobbes is Wrong About Society
The curse of the ego
Reimagining creativity
Andrew Tate, Nietzsche and the Matrix
The uses and abuses of the 'Russian soul'
Orwell, Huxley and the path to truth
The weaponising of emergency
The right brain is essential to creativity
Casting light on gender in Dark Souls
Against Relativism
What's Your Story?
The Science of Irony
Myth and Modernity
Santa and the truth about lying
Philosophy must embrace poetry
History is never true, but it can be justified
Experience moves beyond the self and beyond linear time