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Michael Strevens is a philosopher of science at New York University, primarily working on complex systems, scientific explanation, the social structure of science and philosophical applications of cognitive science. Outside of academia, he is best known for his book 'The Knowledge Machine' in which he explains why science is so successful at creating knowledge and why it took so long for humans to figure out how to do it right. In this episode, we discuss the 'great method debate', which started with Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn and is ongoing today, the iron rule of explanation in science, the ontological status of the Subject, AI and Slavoj Žižek. The Knowledge Machine: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-knowledge-machine-9780141981260 ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Peter Rollins is a philosopher and radical theologian within the tradition of apophatic theology. He is the author of numerous books, including How (Not) to Speak of God, The Idolatry of God and creator of Pyrotheology. In this episode, we discuss Kierkegaard, the Jungian vs. Lacanian unconscious and the ethics of a community of lack. You can find more of Peter's work here: https://peterrollins.com/ ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠   Website} ⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/164317-how-not-to-speak-of-god-marks-of-the-emerging-church https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19405715-the-idolatry-of-god https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216522.The_End_of_Dissatisfaction_ https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42801015   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Julia Keller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, playwright, and teacher. She earned a Ph.D. at Ohio State University. She has taught at Princeton University, The University of Chicago, and the University of Notre Dame and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She's the author of 'Quitting: A Life Strategy: The Myth of Perseverance―and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You Free.' In this episode, we discuss burnout and the sociology of quitting in a Neoliberal society. Julia's book: Quitting: A Life Strategy: The Myth of Perseverance―and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You Free ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25490360-the-burnout-society   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Treydon Lunot is an Orthodox Christian, theologian, philosopher, creator of Telosbound and the author of 'Aphesis: The Impossibility of Subjectivity.' In this episode, we discuss Theosis, baptising philosophy and what Slavoj Žižek gets wrong about Christianity. Trey's book: Aphesis: The Impossibility of Subjectivity Trey's link: https://www.youtube.com/@telosbound https://substack.com/@telosbound https://www.instagram.com/telosbound/ ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠   {Images & Videos used}  https://youtu.be/DAAkbs2HnkM   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Jessica Taylor is an AI & Cognitive science-influenced philosopher working on a range of areas like social epistemology, decision theory, and philosophy of mind, to name a few. She is currently a researcher at the Median Group on technology forecasting along with the prior mentioned fields. In this episode, we discuss AI alignment, the foundations of cognitive science, linguistics, desire formation, psychoanalysis and Kantian philosophy. Jessica's links: https://unstableontology.com/ https://twitter.com/jessi_cata https://www.lesswrong.com/users/jessica-liu-taylor ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠   Website} ⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Amidst the UFO Congressional hearing in the United States, the topic of conspiracy theories has recently gained unprecedented public attention. In this episode, I discuss conspiracies from a Lacanian perspective with Hunter Coates, a philosophy and history undergrad at Georgia College & State University interested in German Idealism, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, and Eastern Orthodox Christian theology.  In February 2023, Hunter published his first full-length text titled 'Conspiracy and the Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise,' which we discuss in detail: https://www.amazon.com.au/Conspiracy-Subject-Enterprise-Hunter-Coates/dp/B0BW267JC5 Hunter's links: https://www.youtube.com/@dissatisfiedphilosophy9723 https://gcsu.academia.edu/HunterC  ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠   {Reference Links} https://youtu.be/DAAkbs2HnkM   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Euwyn and I critique tech bros and techo-optimism. We also discuss 'The Question Concerning Technology' by Martin Heidegger. Connect with Euwyn at: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/euwyngoh --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠   Website} ⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} The Question Concerning Technology by Martin Heidegger The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis Brave New World by Aldous Huxley https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-tale-of-the-machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Technological_Society https://open.substack.com/pub/startupy/p/things-im-thinking-about-331 https://substack.com/@startupy {Images & Videos used}  Thumbnail: The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel (1563)   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Dr Grace Tarpey is a Psychoanalyst and Philosophy Academic with significant years of experience in Psychoanalytic clinical private practice, Psychotherapy and Counselling. Her PhD thesis is on the topic of 'self-Other relations for an ethics-of-love' in the context of contemporary postmodern culture. She's also currently writing a book on 'The Ethics of Love.' In this episode, we discuss Jacques Lacan, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Marion.   Lacan's Psychoanalytic Way of Love: https://lacancircle.com.au/psychoanalysislacan-journal/psychoanalysislacan-volume-1/lacans-psychoanalytic-way-of-love/  Find Dr Grace at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-tarpey-95067a65/   ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠   {Images & Videos used}  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Marion https://youtu.be/mKl5_OxKBn8   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Euwyn and I discuss marriage, love and modernity. Connect with Euwyn at: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/euwyngoh --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠ Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠ {Images & Videos used} The Lovers by René Magritte (1928) --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Hunter Coates is an undergraduate student and aspiring academic. Currently, he is pursuing a philosophy and history double B.A. at Georgia College and State University. After graduation, he plans to work towards a PhD in philosophy. In February 2023, Hunter published his first full-length text titled “Conspiracy and the Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise.”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Conspiracy-Subject-Enterprise-Hunter-Coates/dp/B0BW267JC5 Hunter's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dissatisfiedphilosophy9723 In this episode, we discuss Kant, Hegel, Lacan, Žižek and Christian Atheism. --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠ Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠ {Social Media} ⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠ Facebook Group: ⁠https://goo.gl/JoL9CA⁠ {Reference Links} Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/170169 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13095855 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90568.For_They_Know_Not_What_They_Do https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30292 {Images & Videos used} The Pervert's Guide to Ideology Director: Sophie Fiennes Screenplay: Slavoj Žižek Producers: Sophie Fiennes, Martin Rosenbaum, James Wilson, Katie Holly Film series: The Pervert's Guide to Cinema Cast: Slavoj Žižek Distributed by: Zeitgeist Films --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.