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What to do with a meaningless life?
Since I’ll soon be a guest on Joseph Folley’s Unsolicited Advice podcast and he is organizing a reading group on Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus this month, I figured it would be a great idea to…
A Flaw of Analytic Philosophy
Click on the video above if you want to listen to this essay in my German accent or simply scroll below to read it.A few weeks ago, I published an essay on Substack titled The End of Analytic…
Why Effective Altruists (And Everyone Else) Should Become Nihilists
This is a recording of my essay (of the same name) for my podcast/youtube channel. If you prefer to read it, please visit the original essay here: Get full access to Walter Veit at…
What’s it like being a raven or a crow?
This recording is based on an article Heather and I published in The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. I’ve copied the text here for convenience:Many of…
Panpsychism is a New Form of Creationism
In a recent post, I criticized panpsychism for following the same mantra as creationists. Just as creationists could not believe in Darwinian evolution because it challenged their cherished beliefs…
What is consciousness?
You can read the essay here: https://walterveit.substack.com/p/what-is-consciousness Get full access to Walter Veit at walterveit.substack.com/subscribe
Possums and the Evolution of Consciousness
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Why Consciousness Science Needs Darwin
This is the podcast version of my essay:https://walterveit.substack.com/p/why-consciousness-science-needs-darwin Get full access to Walter Veit at walterveit.substack.com/subscribe
#46 - Scaffolding Natural Selection (Part 2)
This episode is on the following article, which you can access below:Veit, W. (2021). Scaffolding Natural Selection. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-021-00387-6…
#45 - Scaffolding Natural Selection (Part 1)
This episode is on the following article, which you can access below:Veit, W. (2021). Scaffolding Natural Selection. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-021-00387-6 [Download]PODCAST…
#44 - Feminism and Enhancement
This episode is on the following article, which you can access below:Veit, W. and Browning, H. (2024). Feminism and Enhancement. Routledge Handbook of Feminism and Technology. London: Routledge, pp.…
#43 - Recognizing the Diversity of Cognitive Enhancements
I’ve moved the hosting platform from spotify to substack.Veit, W., Earp, B.D., Faber, N., Bostrom, N., Caouette, J., Mannino, A., Caviola, L., Sandberg, A. & Savulescu, J. (2020). Recognizing the…
#42 - ESEB Talk: Evolution of Multicellularity
Here a talk I gave in 2019 at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology on the evolution of multicellularity.PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/Spotify:…
#41 - Eric Schliesser: On Synthetic Philosophy
Today's episode gave me a chance to talk to Eric Schliesser on his work and especially his article on what he described as synthetic philosophy. His website can be found here:…
#40 - Cory Clark: Is there Political Bias and Censorship in Science?
Today I'm talking to Cory Clark - a behavioral scientist interested in how social motivations influence human judgment and empirical beliefs. Check her website and research out here:…
#39 - Why is Health?
Today's episode features a talk I gave in Sydney in 2023.PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUUApple Podcasts:…
#38 - Elizabeth Paul: Animal Consciousness and Welfare
In today's episode I talk to Liz Paul, who is a leading researcher in animal emotions and welfare. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Liz-Paul-a2f9a5b6-a5bf-4ea3-a8a2-9ff2ea09bf19/PODCAST…
#37 - Carolyn A Ristau: A Biography of Donald Griffin - Discoverer of Bat Echolocation
Today, I talk to Dr. Carolyn A. Ristau is a Cognitive Ethologist who had the privilege of working in Donald R. Griffin’s Rockefeller University lab. Those were the times when he was ardently working…
#36 - Toward an Ethological Science of Animal Consciousness
Today's episode features a talk I gave in 2012 at the Joint Brazilian Annual Ethological/Latin American Ethological Conference.PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/Spotify:…
#35 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Animal Consciousness"
This podcast episode originally aired on the Sentientism Podcast on 16 Jun 2023. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/aEDtTl8sPPQ?si=lQfGN5biB2lgtz6ARepublished with permission.PODCAST…
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