Tufts biologist Michael Levin discusses scales of cognition, science fiction's role in expanding perspectives, and the need to redefine life and mind. The conversation delves into non-binary perspectives in developmental biology, self-realization, morphogenesis, and collective intelligence, challenging conventional boundaries in science and philosophy.

Send a love messageA conversation with philosopher and author C. Thi Nguyen about the power of focus, the precision of puzzles, the dangers and delights of games and play and the distinction between them. We talk about his recent book Games, Agency as Art and well as his popular articles Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles and How Twitter gamifies communication. Some of the books and people mentioned are:Mary Poovey, History of the Modern FactTheodore Porter, Trust in NumbersBernard Suits definition of gamesJerry Levinson, Moral Outrage PornBasho: even in Kyoto / when I hear a cuckoo cry / I long for KyotoFeminist philosophy of art by Anne EatonAnnette Baier, Trust and Anti-TrustTranscript:Hello, everyone. Welcome to Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomies. Today, we're  📍 talking to C. Thi Nguyen. Mostly about his book Games ,Agency as Art but also about many other things....about love, how is it related to games? Thi is a kind of philosopher's philosopher, so it's a little surprising to hear him say that philosophy was his backup career that he actually wanted to be a novelist.  But when you hear how much pleasure he takes in Kant's formula of humanity, I think you'll also imagine he's always been a philosopher as well....we turn back and forth and shift around like a Rubik's cube. Art. Porn. Focus. Vulnerability. We talk a lot about trust...Support on Patreon and You Tube. Listen anywhere you find podcasts.Support the showPlease rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Substack.

Send a love messageA foundational discussion in the philosophy of love with Prof Alex Moseley.Check out the Philosophy of Love encyclopedia article here. Or his other articles.More at What is Love?The three kinds of love we discuss here are eros, agape, and philia. More on this at readings in the philosophy of Love.Here is the website for Alex and his YouTube Channel.Transcript preview:Andrea: [00:00:00] Hey everybody. So glad you're here. Today we're talking to. Professor Alex Mosley. He's a teacher. He's also a coach. He also wrote the encyclopedia entry for love and philosophy. So who better to talk to? We'll link to the internet encyclopedia entry on that in the show notes. So be sure to check it out and. Here we talk about love and we tried to go past traditional boundaries. Both of us were trained in philosophy, both analytic and continental, but both of us also have a--what shall I say--more explorative side as well, when it comes to trying to understand the world. So we just sorta let it all go where it would. We meander and go into all kinds of [00:01:00] different ideas, some of them, which analytic philosophers might not like, but, also some of them which make me uncomfortable, but you know, that's part of the show is just trying to see where we can go and how we can find new ways to look at these things that seem not to go together or seem to make us uncomfortable....Support the showPlease rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Substack.

Send a love messageA powerful conversation with facilitator Lisa Fitzhugh about the coherence between our internal and external worlds. Sometimes we focus so much on cultivating our external persona that we are blind to how such striving affects our private, inner world. What does it take to look honestly at both, and to see their coherence?Lisa works with top business and political leaders to build teams that thrive. She also founded one of the most nationally recognized and respected youth arts organizations in Seattle. Read Manager Magazine's recent article about Lisa and another company she co-founded, Creative Ground.Watch Lisa's TedX talk.Lisa was listed as one of Redbook's Mothers and Shakers.Seattle Women wrote a piece on her called Art Becomes Her.Watch the full ArtsCorps Tribute to Lisa that we speak about here.Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn or through her website.More here about her work around the idea of Coherence.Find Lisa's latest inner examination and reckoning here: The Unmaking of Heresy."Longing is the agony of the nearness of the distant." (Martin Heidegger)Support on Patreon and You Tube. Listen anywhere you find podcasts.Support the showPlease rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Substack.

Philosopher Perry Zurn discusses Curious Minds and Edge-working, exploring curiosity as a social practice and networked drive for knowledge, emphasizing interconnectedness with love and respect. They delve into various styles of curiosity, embracing diverse knowledge systems for collaboration, and discussing curiosity as a universal trait present in all forms of life.