Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2022-W05

“And some of that is an unfair burden—the natural lottery, as John Rawls calls it.”

“And what's so ironic about it is that, as you might know, John Stuart Mill, who was one of the fathers of utilitarianism and very often invoked in this current sort of collectivist setting with the mandates, right?”

“He is a panpsychist, which means he believes that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of physical reality; of all matter in the universe. He is the author of 'Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness' and is the host of an excellent podcast called 'Mind Chat.'”

“They have an active center that tries to bring people in. I believe they are producing a book that I contributed to, concerning different philosophers' opinions on God and some of the big questions.”

“You know, my colleague, the philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright, has got this book 'How the Laws of Physics Lie,' where she says, you know, physicists explore things in very specific circumstances and then, in an unwarranted way, generalize that.”