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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Alan McComas
Professor emeritus of medicine at McMaster University
McMaster University
Episode: Alan J. McComas, "Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism" (American Scientist, 2025)
Anna-Luna Post
Historian based at Leiden University, and author of 'Galileo's Fame'
Leiden University
Episode: Anna-Luna Post, "Galileo’s Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Robert Endres
Professor at Imperial College London, co-director of the Physics of Life Network of Excellence, focused on the origin of life and intersecting biological fields.
Imperial College London
Episode: Robert Endres, "The Unreasonable Likelihood of Being: Origin of Life, Terraforming, and AI" (arXiv, 2025)
Dr. Tom Bolton
Author and writer specialized in landscape and culture
Strange Attractor
Episode: Tom Bolton, "Atomic Albion: Journeys Around Britain’s Nuclear Power Stations" (Strange Attractor, 2025)
Tom Griffiths
Author of The Laws of Thought
Henry Holt and Co.
Episode: Tom Griffiths, "The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind" (Henry Holt and Co., 2026)
John Rudolph
Distinguished professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Episode: John L. Rudolph, "Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should)" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Max Telford
An evolutionary biologist at University College London, author of The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle.
University College London
Episode: Max Telford, "The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle" (W.W. Norton, 2025)
Steve Ramirez
Associate professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University and author of How to Change a Memory
Boston University
Episode: Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Dr. Justin Gregg
Senior Research Associate with the Dolphin Communication Project and adjunct professor specializing in animal cognition.
Dolphin Communication Project
Episode: Justin Gregg, "If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity" (Little, Brown, 2022)

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Gregory McNiff
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Dr. Miranda Melcher
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4.7 out of 5 stars from 28 ratings
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    I am rally enjoying listening to this podcast and learning about wide range of subjects. I hope the podcast will continue in 2012.

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Alan J. McComas, "Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism" (American Scientist, 2025)
Q: How does the reductionist approach address the hard problem of consciousness?
The reductionist approach focuses on the 'easy problems' of consciousness and acknowledges the hard problem remains unsolved, how we get from nerve impulses to subjective experience.
Alan J. McComas, "Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism" (American Scientist, 2025)
Q: Which of these widely held assumptions about consciousness has been the most difficult for the field to abandon?
The most difficult is accepting that we are machines without free will, while the easiest is the acceptance that animals may also have consciousness.
Alan J. McComas, "Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism" (American Scientist, 2025)
Q: Why did you write the article and who is the target audience?
The article was written for lay people interested in science and philosophy, also for those dabbling in the field of consciousness.
Anna-Luna Post, "Galileo’s Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Q: Was there a negative side to Galileo's fame?
Yes, it was contested and associated with pride-seeking behavior, leading to opposition from individuals like the Dominican friars who accused him of heretical views.
Anna-Luna Post, "Galileo’s Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Q: What role does character play in assessing Galileo?
Character is crucial as people look at how Galileo presents himself and how others frame him, with his Florentine origin leading to both positive and negative perceptions.

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