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Peter Godfrey-Smith
Professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, and author of Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness and Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind.

Professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, and author of Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness and Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind.
Peter Godfrey-Smith Videos

The global population crisis
Do we need more people?

Should we care for ants?
Moral limits in the contemporary world

The future of freedom
Can experiments settle the free will debate?
Peter Godfrey-Smith Articles
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Could sex robots be good for us?
In defense of sex machines

The Secret History of Cool
Joel Dinerstein | Coolness as racial resistance

Love Story
Can love only be known in short doses?

Paradise Lost?
Is civilisation leaving us discontented?

The Secret Life of Desire
Is desire a consequence of scarcity and denial?

Is Big Data A Big Mistake?
The stories left behind Big Data

The Weird and the Wonderful
Why does interest in spirituality continue to grow?

Love Me Tinder
What does love look like in the digital age?

Sex and Love in the Digital Age
What impact is digital technology having on our relationships?

Sex Robots and Love Machines
Are sex robots a threat to human relationships?

The Chemistry of Desire
Is love an evolutionary trick?

Venus In Furs
Sadomasochism and the Limits of Sexuality

The Future of Sex Robots and Relationships
Kate Devlin | Could robots fix our erotic lives?

The Case Against Marriage
Bella DePaulo | The single life can be fulfilling

Sex Machines
The place of sex in our lives

Love, Life and Being Free
Do we need lifelong love to be happy?

Myself and Others
Are we more alive when we are alone?

A Fairytale Romance
Do we need relationships to thrive?

Culture Shock
Have we run out of radical ideas?

Desire, Dreams and Happiness
Can we ever arrive?

The Dark and the Digital
Cyberbullying, Trolling & Free Speech

Is Facebook Evil?
Digital oligopolies need to be broken up

What's Love Got To Do With It?
Simon May | We are infatuated with romance

Vanity, Victory and Vice
Is narcissism an effective life strategy?

In Search of Safety
Is the world as dangerous as it seems?

The New Romantics

Not Only Rock 'n' Roll
Looking back at the 60s cultural revolution

Glory Versus Passion
Is there more to life than success?

21st Century Cults
How do they come about?

Is Love Real?
Rethinking romance

Vanity Fair
Is narcissism a virtue that we need more of?

The End of Romance?
Time to chuck out this modern invention

Living Differently
Embracing new romantic norms

Fantasy Living
Are we happy with reality?

The Death Drive
The car crash as a 20th century phenomenon

Thinking and Being
Philosophy in Life and Experience

Noble Ancestors and Modern Selves
Is civilisation a myth?

Don Cupitt on Progress

Socrates vs. Jesus
Who would have the X-Factor today?

The Dark Side of Success
Why it doesn’t bring you happiness

Childhood's End

Dreamland
How to live your life

This Extraordinary World

Live Fast, Die Young
Should we take more risks?

Tiger Mothers and Cultural Success
Is work bad for the soul?

Screw the Fairytale
21st century love: say bye to weddings and family?

Family Futures
The rise of the post-nuclear family

The End of the University
Can the digital revolution offer the solution to the problems of our educational system?

The Never-Ending Journey
The myth of the nomad

Living Dangerously
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The morality of animals

The two ideas that divide us

Nature loves a hypocrite

Who is to blame for migrant deaths?

In defence of pessimism

Christmas traditions don't need religion

The Epicurean's guide to Christmas

How four women revolutionised ethics

Are mandatory vaccines justified?

Groundhog Day vs Nietzsche: Reliving Your Life

The Return of Meaning

The power of anxiety

Humour is no joke

Change Thyself: your personality is a moral issue

The rules of war are absurd, but necesssary

What Hobbes really thought about war

Why getting what you want won't make you happy

Truth is questionable, and so is honesty

Nietzsche: your conscience is no saint

5 philosophers on how to face death

Happiness as an act of resistance

The present is all there is to happiness

Paul Bloom: The Pleasure of Suffering

Pandemic prediction from Lucretius

Mapping morality: Peter Singer vs his critics

The danger of ethics without empathy

Schopenhauer and the insatiable will to live

How effective altruism lost the plot

Pursuing happiness is a mistake

Nietzsche and the perils of denying your self