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Dr. Leon S. Brenner is a psychoanalyst & psychoanalytical theorist. His work focuses on the integration of philosophical and linguistic frameworks in the psychoanalytic theory of subjectivity and the understanding of the relationship between culture and psychopathology. He is the co-founder of Unconscious Berlin, and his latest book on the psychoanalysis of autism is called ‘The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language,’ where he presents a novel account of autistic subjectivity from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. In this episode, we discuss Lacan and language, ego psychology-inspired forms of therapy (e.g. CBT, relational psychotherapy, etc.) in contrast to Lacanian psychoanalysis and scientific epistemology vs Lacanianism. You can find more of Dr Brenner's work at https://leonbrenner.com/ The Autistic Subject: https://leonbrenner.com/book/ Watch the video version here. RSam Podcast #29 ---------------------------------------   {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/l-ACMcTjj6U?si=6Izo1tW3pGlWjO7j https://youtu.be/vO4ztWebQEE?si=ossoPIgWM27LpJJ2 https://youtu.be/UKCmefQdplI?si=LD9FuYadLRVqpf3A   --------------------------------------- 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.

Prof. Iris Berent is a cognitive psychologist at Northeastern University. She's the author of 'The Phonological Mind' and 'The Blind Storyteller'. Her current research seeks to unveil human nature and our intuitive understanding of it. To shed light on human nature, she explores the human capacity for language using phonology as a case study. In this episode, we discuss theories of cognition, the debate in linguistics between Chomsky and Skinner, innate knowledge, essentialism and dualism. Find more on Prof. Berent at https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/iris-berent/ The Blind Storyteller: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48930049 The Phonological Mind: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/phonological-mind/DF2E8903E25D74900793011BF1B54566 RSam Podcast #28 ---------------------------------------   {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 "Hard Problem of Consciousness" Arises from Human Psychology: https://direct.mit.edu/opmi/article/doi/10.1162/opmi_a_00094/117074/The-Hard-Problem-of-Consciousness-Arises-from   --------------------------------------- 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.

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.