Back to the Stone Age

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By: Francesco Cavina

Back to the Stone Age is the idea that to achieve a fulfilling life one shall strive to become the best version of oneself through daily discipline and commitment to personal development and goals. A focal point is the disconnection from distractions/addictions to focus on the interior of oneself, the unique location where the ultimate truth of everyone resides. By undertaking this introspective journey one is then able to find purpose in life and have objectives to place full dedication to. What I'm speaking about is my journey, through consciousness and science. I hope you will find it inspiring.

Scott Soames: Truth, Philosophy of Language and Saul Kripke #10
#12
09/26/2024

Scott Soames is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California.

His website: https://dornsife.usc.edu/scottsoames/

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John L. Bell: Philosophy of Mathematics, Axiom of Choice, Continuum and Consciousness #9
#11
09/02/2024

John is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. You can find his website here: https://publish.uwo.ca/~jbell/

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Thomas Van Riet: String Theory, Extra Dimensions, The Landscape and Swampland #8
#10
08/06/2024

Thomas is a professor of Physics at KU Leuven (https://shorturl.at/IVa8S).

He's on Twitter: https://x.com/ThomasVanRiet2

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Andrea Caputo: The Standard Model of Particle Physics and Current Limitations #7
#9
07/08/2024

Andrea is a theoretical physicist and he works on Dark Matter and Particle Physics.

He was awarded the ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant.

Andrea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-caputo-ph-d-2475999b/?locale=en_US

Seeing my interviews from one year ago is a bit cringe, but I'm working on it 😜 Hope you like it anyway!

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K. Brad Wray: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Thomas Kuhn, and Scientific Realism #6
#8
07/01/2024

Do you like philosophising? Then this conversation is for YOU! 🫵🏻

Brad Wray (https://shorturl.at/gY9Oh) is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, and together we tackle deep philosophical questions.

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Outline

00:35 - Philosophy of Science

01:17 - Definition of knowledge

01:52 - How do scientific discoveries shape our understanding of reality?

02:26 - Metaphysics

09:56 - God in Philosophy


Daniel Ruberman: Mathematics, Topology and Manifolds #5
#7
06/25/2024

Here is a conversation I've had with Daniel Ruberman, Professor of Mathematics.

Daniel's website: https://people.brandeis.edu/~ruberman/

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Gimmy Tomaselli: Physics, Mathematics, The Universe and Fundamental Thoughts #4
#6
06/20/2024

Some fundamental questions today with Gimmy, PhD student at GRAPPA doing research in black holes, gravitational-wave astronomy, and dark matter.

Gimmy is soon going to the Institute of Advanced Study of Princeton for a postdoc!

Gimmy's website: https://gimmytomas.github.io/index.html

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Joel David Hamkins: Philosophy of Set Theory, Mathematics and Infinity #3
#5
06/07/2024

Journey to the edge of reason with Professor Hamkins!

Joel is a Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame. His research work spans Mathematical Logic and Set Theory.

You can find him here:

Personal website: https://jdh.hamkins.orgTwitter: https://twitter.com/JDHamkinsGoogle Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MHLQDYQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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Consciousness, Feelings and Human Life | Conversations with Friends: Greta #2
#4
06/03/2024

Conversations with Friends: Greta Galluzzo.

Greta is a Psychology master's student and she's on Erasmus here in Amsterdam.

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Outline:

00:32 - Consciousness

06:32 - Animal consciousness and death

11:22 - Intelligence and langua


Geetanjali Sethi: Dark Energy Models and Cosmology #2
#3
05/22/2024

Geetanjali is Associate Professor at St. Stephen’s College. She has a PhD in Cosmology from Delhi University. She's working on the Variable Chaplygin Gas model of dark energy.

Reach out to her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geetanjali-sethi-a7b201aa/?originalSubdomain=in

Find her research work on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EK8KFB0AAAAJ

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