Why? The Purpose of the Universe

My new book Why? The Purpose of the Universe defends cosmic purpose in the absence of the traditional God. Here's a deep dive into some of the techy details on the excellent Majesty of Reason podcast.

The Fine-Tuning of Physics for Life

My new book Why? The Purpose of the Universe defends cosmic purpose in the absence of the traditional God. The case is partly based on the fine-tuning of physics for life. Here cosmologist Luke Barnes and myself defend fine-tuning tuning arguments against a recent critique.

The Metaphysics of Mind

This is a debate/discussion with one of the most influential metaphysicians of contemporary philosophy, Jonathan Schaffer, on one of my favourite philosophy podcasts Parker’s Pensees.

The Mystery of Psycho-Physical Harmony

I think the mystery of consciousness is much deeper that is standardly appreciated. One aspect of this is the mystery of psycho-physical harmony. It's a bloody hard problem to explain but I'm convinced it's crucial. Here I debate the issue with Christian Dustin Crummett, who argues that God is the best explanation.

Psycho-Physical Harmony debate

I love getting into the head of people I disagree with, and boy do I disagree with Lance Bush. I enjoyed watching him on a number of other podcasts before we got the chance to chat on the wonderful Digital Gnosis channel

Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness

This is a video of the launch event for my book, which was with family and friends in Durham Castle. I give a short talk, which sums up the 'big picture' themes of the book

Are there Objective Values?

I believe there are objective facts about value. Kane Baker is a philosopher who doesn't. Here we have a nice chat about it, and I put forward my argument for the reality of objective values. Warning: This one's a bit techy.

Consciousness and Fundamental Reality

This is a talk I gave in Munich in January 2018 concerning the main themes of my academic book Consciousness and Fundamental Reality.

Arguments against Materialism

This took a deep dive into the philosophical arguments against materialism from 30 mins in. Might be useful to philosophy students!

Consciousness Live! Discussion

Here's a two hour discussion I had with Richard Brown as part of 'Consciousness Live!'. This gets much more into the details of my academic work, mainly on my arguments against materialism.