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Closer to Truth Season 16 Episodes
Season 16 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
When Brains Go Bad?
Thu, May 21, 2026
What does brain damage do to people? By observing strange behaviors in brain-impaired patients, scientists discern how normal brains works For example, what happens to "the self"?
Episode 2
What is the Doomsday Argument?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Have we underestimated the risks of global catastrophe and human extinction? There is an odd argument that claims to justify end-of-the-world worries with raw statistics.
Episode 3
How Could God Make Miracles?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Where do miracles fit in belief systems that center on God? If God exists, how could God make miracles happen, and what would miracles imply about the way God relates to the world?
Episode 4
How do Consciousness and Language Relate?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Why the tension between consciousness, my inner experience, and language, enabling thought and culture? Does consciousness cause language? Or language cause consciousness?
Episode 5
Can God and Science Mix?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Science and religion each claims dominion over deep reality. But science and religion are not parallel. All should believe science, humanity's common language, while religion has many skeptics.
Episode 6
Religious Faith: Rational or Rationalization?
Thu, May 21, 2026
There is strain between faith and reason, yet many people proclaim their faith. Why? What generates faith? God? Or human psychology? Should we want to have faith?
Episode 7
Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Can physical facts about the brain account for mental experiences of the mind? Has philosophy of mind made progress? We take a 15-year journey with John Searle and David Chalmers.
Episode 8
Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness?
Thu, May 21, 2026
seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the known laws of physics?
Episode 9
Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Does anything exist beyond the physical world? If yes, could consciousness undermine materialism? If no, could consciousness confirm materialism? It's the big test.
Episode 10
Fallacies in Arguing for God?
Thu, May 21, 2026
When believers argue that God exists, what mistakes do they make? What are their errors in logic as well as in fact? Whoever wants to believe in God must not use arguments that do not work.
Episode 11
What is Philosophy of Science?
Thu, May 21, 2026
Can science discover all truths? Or are there truths beyond science? What is science? A process? A way of thinking? How to get at the essence of science, discern how it really works?
Episode 12
Does Philosophy Help Science?
Thu, May 21, 2026
What constitutes good science? Are there limits to science? If so, what are the boundaries? How deep can science dig into the foundations of the world?
Episode 13
Marvin Minsky: A Society of Minds
Thu, May 21, 2026
One of artificial intelligence's legendary pioneers, Marvin Minsky, recently died. With this tribute, we celebrate his penetrating analysis of brains, minds, AI, religion and God.
