Do our theories of physics and the universe work? How do we relate to the world around us? What is our basis of morality? From physics to philosophy, watch the world’s leading thinkers debate today’s biggest ideas, including Roger Penrose, Slavoj Žižek, Peter Singer, Thangam Debbonaire, Priya Natarajan, Lisa Randall, Tim Maudlin, Marika Taylor, Denis Noble, Joscha Bach, Tommy Curry, Paul Bloom and Rowan Williams.

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00:00 Introduction
01:12 Do our theories of physics work? | Roger Penrose, Priya Natarajan, Lisa Randall, Tim Maudlin, Marika Taylor
13:22 How do we relate to what’s out there? | Denis Noble, Joscha Bach
17:35 What is in our nature? | Paul Bloom, Rowan Williams, Slavoj Žižek
27:25 What’s right and what’s wrong? | Peter Singer, Tommy Curry, Thangam Debbonaire

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Gravity and the universe (London, 2023)
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The centre of the universe (Hay, 2023)
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Beyond experiment (London, 2022)
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Beauty and the meaning of life (Hay, 2023)
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Rhetoric and reality (Hay, 2023)
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The rational animal (2020)
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In conversation; Rowan Williams and Iain McGilchrist (Hay, 2023)
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Surplus happiness (Hay, 2023)
https://iai.tv/video/surplus-happiness
A rule to live by (London, 2023)
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The good and the evil (Hay 2022)
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Democracy in the dock (Hay, 2023)
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