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In less than a lifetime, the first half of the 20th century brought a series of life-changing inventions: telephones, cars, airplanes, radio, television, the first computers. In combination with the new global histories of physics, science, once a branch of philosophy, has become the philosophical creed of our time. Some claimed that philosophy was finished.
Yet over the past half century, technology has become more controversial and major scientific theories seem to have stalled, while cosmology and the Standard Model become more confusing and less clear. Could philosophy find itself back in the spotlight at a time when knowledge and progress are in question? Or is science still the only credible way to improve our situation and make sense of the world?
Julian Baggini, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Philosophers' Magazine, chemist Peter Atkins, Crick Institute researcher Güneş Taylor and philosopher of consciousness Philip Goff discuss life, the universe and everything. Hosted by researcher and author Melanie Challenger.
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Julian Baggini is the co-founder and editor of The Philosophers' Magazine, which also writes and broadcasts for The Guardian and the BBC. Baggini is the author of Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will, The Ego Trick: and The Duck That Won The Lottery.
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Peter Atkins is one of the world's leading physical chemists and the author of Galileo's Finger.
A philosopher of consciousness at the University of Durham, Philip Goff's research focuses on integrating consciousness into our scientific worldview. Philip is an advocate of panpsychism as a solution to the difficult problem of consciousness.
Güneş Taylor is a training officer at the Francis Crick Institute, the biomedical research center based in London. Güneş has discussed the implications of genome editing in forums such as Fertility Fest, the Festival of Genomics and Virtual Futures, as well as on the Guardian's Science Weekly podcast. In 2018, Güneş received the Crick Prize for Public Engagement for his efforts in public communication of science.
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