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Conclusion MY WORLDVIEW IN A NUTSHELL

2020-12-3014:51

This lecture briefly reviews the most salient ideas expounded in this podcast.

Lecture 31 THE MEANING OF LIFE

2020-12-3012:49

Based on a conversation between Susan Blackmore and Jordan Peterson, this lecture opposes the secular to the religious path, as contrasted answers to the search for meaning.

Lecture 30 ULTIMATE FOUNDATIONS

2020-12-3014:28

This lecture briefly explores pantheism and panpsychism as theoretical options for understanding the ultimate foundations of reality,

Lecture 29 FREEDOM OF SPEECH

2020-12-3010:19

This lecture highlights our threefold human nature in terms of life, knowledge, and power. It also explores the practical conditions for a good life and a good society.

Lecture 28 BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH

2020-12-3016:27

This lecture looks at arguments against euthanasia but also makes a case for it, in light of various insights taken from human psychology and biology.

Lecture 27 THE BRIGHT SIDE

2020-12-3014:20

This lecture pits against each other two opposite philosophical stances toward life: acceptance and rejection. In the final analysis, acceptance stands as the healthier and wiser of the two.

Lecture 26 THE COSMIC STRIPTEASE

2020-12-3006:40

This lecture argues against all forms of reductionism in favor of emergentism, where the creative potential of the universe manifests itself incrementally, in stages, with each stage creating the opportunity for the emergence of the next stage, which displays new properties that are contingent on those of the previous stage but are not reducible to them.

Lecture 25 THE PUZZLE OF LIFE

2020-12-3004:42

This lecture proceeds to deconstruct the reality of life with the purpose of reconstructing it mindfully and meaningfully.

Lecture 24 THE EMOTIONAL MINEFIELD

2020-12-3006:26

This lecture lays the groundwork for the management of our emotions to prevent them from running wild and wrecking havoc with our life.

Lecture 23 THE SPECTRUM OF LIFE AND LOVE

2020-12-3005:17

This lecture shows the path to an authentic and fulfilling life through our awareness and embodiment of the creative and nurturing force at the heart of everything, including us, Our attitude and behavior then become a testament to our enduring adaptability and expanded love.

Lecture 22 GOD AND DIVINE LOVE REVISITED

2020-12-3005:50

This lecture looks at the concepts of God and divine love through the lens of critical thinking and rational understanding. The question is, do these concepts keep some manner of sense and legitimacy from this exacting perspective?

Lecture 21 THE FIELD OF THINGS

2020-12-3006:33

This lecture takes a theoretical stance on the topic of universal determinism, wherein the natural order is viewed as the product of soft determinism, blending necessity and randomness in the form of a determinate field of indeterminate possibilities.

Lecture 20 THE MIDDLE WAY

2020-12-3005:22

This lecture aims at finding a happy medium between extreme detachment toward the objects of our desires and excessive attachment to them. Both are unsuited to our nature, which can neither be reduced to its dark side of suffering and death, nor can be viewed exclusively as a bright side that is forever blissful.

Lecture 19 HAPPINESS

2020-12-3005:16

This lecture delves into the many different forms of human happiness, from the one we find in a peaceful conscience and the one we experience when our efforts meet with success, to the one we may fantasize about in some hypothetical afterlife.

Lecture 18 THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE

2020-12-3005:40

This lecture highlights our human difference in the evolution of species, as our brain’s superior plasticity affords us a great ability to learn, that proportionally increases our adaptability and chances of survival in a wide variety of environments.

Lecture 17 THE STRANGER WITHIN

2020-12-3004:48

This lecture promotes acceptance to achieve harmony with nature and virtue in society, as the necessary condition for peace and happiness. It also encourages critical thinking to avoid lapsing into laxness and servility, which are perverse forms of naturalness and sociability.

Lecture 16 THE SPONTANEITY OF BEING

2020-12-3006:42

This lecture opposes, on the one hand, the traditional reliance on great religions for understanding the world and guiding our conscience and, on the other hand, the modern trust in science and political philosophy for developing a credible and sensible worldview, together with rules of conduct that follow naturally from the demands of social organization.

Lecture 15 THE ETERNAL NOW

2020-12-3004:48

This lecture aims at striking the right balance between commitment to things that we love and can or must do, and detachment toward everything else.

Lecture 14 RETURN TO THE STREAM

2020-12-3004:31

This lecture is all about adaptation, or the capacity to constantly realign our purpose with life, that is always changing. Misery, from this perspective, amounts to clinging to things that have become impossible or impractical, versus letting go and moving on, toward things that are both desirable and feasible.

Lecture 13 THE EXERCISE OF WONDER

2020-12-3004:18

This lecture calls our attention to the process of habituation, which renders us insensitive to beneficial things that have become familiar and predictable. We need to avoid taking these things for granted and losing our ability to be thankful for them, insofar as they help us live and thrive.

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