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John Vervaeke
"For thousands of years, philosophers and theologians have talked about the meaning of life, yet we currently face a crisis of life’s apparent meaninglessness"
John Vervake is an award winning professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science, and Buddhist psychology. He is the director of the Cognitive Science programme and he is the director of the Wisdom Studies Laborotary, a group designed to find meaning in a meaningless world.
He is the creator of the widely viewed, 50-part lecture series on Youtube, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, which covers everything from science and spirituality, as well as his long standing After Socrates series.
He is also the author of Zombies in Western Culture and Awakening from the meaning crisis that both seek to uncover the hidden causes of popular discontent.
"With enormous erudition and expertise, here was someone talking about the roots of our current crises. - " What is Emerging
"For thousands of years, philosophers and theologians have talked about the meaning of life, yet we currently face a crisis of life’s apparent meaninglessness"
John Vervake is an award winning professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science, and Buddhist psychology. He is the director of the Cognitive Science programme and he is the director of the Wisdom Studies Laborotary, a group designed to find meaning in a meaningless world.
He is the creator of the widely viewed, 50-part lecture series on Youtube, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, which covers everything from science and spirituality, as well as his long standing After Socrates series.
He is also the author of Zombies in Western Culture and Awakening from the meaning crisis that both seek to uncover the hidden causes of popular discontent.
"With enormous erudition and expertise, here was someone talking about the roots of our current crises. - " What is Emerging
John Vervaeke Videos
The shadow of spirituality
Is New Age spirituality leading us into a dark age?
In search of oneself
The risk of self reflection
Solving the meaning crisis
How to live in a world without purpose
John Vervaeke on the purpose of consciousness
Towards a naturalistic account of experience
John Vervaeke Articles
More Videos
The Agony & the Ecstasy
Is pain a necessary part of human experience?
The Problem of Evil
Does 'evil' exist?
Morality of the Tribe
Should and can we treat all people equally?
The Lure of Lucifer
Why do we love Evil?
Our Sins and Our Selves
Should we embrace our inconsistency?
The Mystery of the Good
Is morality relative or absolute?
The Really Real
Is absolute right and wrong a fantasy?
The Good, The Bad, and the Controversial
Is morality simply prejudice?
Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?
Being Human and Being Good
Is morality relative?
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Rebecca Goldstein | Plato in the Age of Google
Is Religion Dangerous?
Faith - The Problem or The Solution
After Buddhism
What could secular Buddhism bring the West?
The Last Taboo
Paedophilia, innocence and morality
Doing Right and Feeling Good
Is morality about thinking or feeling?
Thinking Good and Doing Evil
Is belief in any morality dangerous?
On Evil
How do we explain our fascination with evil?
Trouble with Heaven
Why does the dark and the dangerous attract us?
On Humans and Animals
Peter Singer and Mary Midgley on what's next for animal rights
Dancing with the Devil
Can and should art be moral? Our controversial panel confront the darkness.
Rethinking Science and Spirituality
Rupert Sheldrake | They complement each other
Can Animals Be Moral?
Reason and the Gods
What do secular and religious worldviews share?
New Gods
Do we need religion? And if so, why?
The Fountain
Morality and Mindfulness
Vishvapani Blomfield | Can meditation fix ethics?
How to See Things Clearly
Overcoming Wilful Blindness | Margaret Heffernan
The Death of God and the War On Terror
Secularism versus religious fundamentalism
Ethics, Darwin and Dante
The assumptions behind moral beliefs
Good and Evil Around the Globe
Is morality rooted in culture? | Joel Robbins
Belief and the Gods
Is the divine a fantasy?
The Myth of Being Happy
We should give up on the obsession with happiness
Science and Religion
Can science and religion coexist?
In Place of Prejudice
Can rationality provide a basis for morality?
Death and the Human Animal
Is the quest for immortality a fool's errand?
God is an Orgasm
Of Lies and Necessity
Is honesty a fantasy?
Return of the Pagans
Does paganism offer a new haven for spirituality?
Moral Animals and Our Place in the Universe
Are good and evil unique to humans?
The Point of It All
Where should we turn to find meaning?
The Age of Nothing
The consequences of the decline of faith
The Banality of Evil
Nature versus nurture
Life's Secret
Purpose and the Pursuit of Happiness
Beyond Good and Evil II
Is morality instinctual?
True to Myself
Morality, virtues & consequences
A Tale of Love and Hate
Are love and hate inextricably linked?
Competition versus Cooperation
Can we survive and succed without competition?
Morality, Cruelty and Freedom
Attitudes towards animal suffering
In the Beginning was Nature
Spirtuality and the environment
Purity and Dirt
Uncovering the significance of cleanliness
More Articles
Ritual, transcendence & psychedelics
The dangers of celebrity
Celebrity is power
Marx, Nietzsche and philosophy at Christmas
Addiction is not just a medical problem
The love lives of philosophers changed how we think
How we can predict fashion
Digital won't replace analog
Drowning in Drugs
The Deception of Genealogy
Narcissism is the new religion
The metaphysics of laughing gas
The dangers of a sober society
The dangers of freedom & the threats of community
How to be happy, despite modernity
Why it's easier to do evil than to do good
Why everyone's having less sex
The unexpected reason holidays matter
The virtues of virtue signalling
6 philosophers on the perils of gifts
Sex, art and technology
Psychedelic experience isn’t just brain chemistry
ChatGPT: the route to loneliness?
When to believe lies
The spiritual dimensions of rave culture
The farce of the fifteen-minute city
Solving the mental health epidemic starts with trust
Reclaiming the commons
Opening the black box
Unrestricted sexuality and the transcendent