Matter and Mind

Is consciousness inexplicable?

Who We Have Been and Who We Are

Is memory a recollection or a construction?

Limits of Language

Can we find the right words for everything?

Secrets of the Mind

Can science explain consciousness?

Beyond Knowledge

Is truth an illusion?

Language, Metaphor, and Reality

Methaphors to change the world

The Nature of Evil

Can art vanquish evil?

Caught in time

Should we stop recording and recounting our lives?

The life and philosophy of Slavoj Žižek

Celebrity philosopher reflects on his life's work

Beyond innocence and guilt

Is moral responsibility a mere illusion?

Out of our minds

Drugs, culture, and the shaping of human thought

Power, politics, and mental health

Rewriting mental health

Infinity in the palm of your hand

Can art uncover the essence of the world?

The tyranny of the new

Is innovation unstoppable?

The matrix, myths, and metaphysics

Is metaphysics still relevant?

The key to consciousness

Is materialism a fundamental mistake?

The crisis of the new

Is the idea of the new a fantasy?

The end of the whitewash

Colourblind casting and historical accuracy

The trouble with language

Does language describe reality?

A world by any other name

Can we crack our relationship to language?

The Illusion of Now

Is time static or fluid?

Are you an illusion?

Reshaping the self

The real me

Understanding our inner voices

The obscure, the banal, and the magical

Has poetry lost its vision?

Lies, Damned Lies, and Post Truth

Is there still space for alternative perspectives?

Reality, fantasy and metaphor

Are scientific metaphors a real description of reality?

In search of oneself

The risk of self reflection

After knowledge

The limits of knowledge

The known and the unknown

Finding our way through the fog of uncertainty

Heaven is other people

Is mental wellbeing a purely social issue?