Rejecting the narrow limits of the modern era, philosopher Fiona Ellis argues that there are important truths and values to be found beyond the scope of science.

Combining his research into quantum mechanics and anaesthesiology, Stuart Hameroff proposes an alternative answer to the hard problem of consciousness.

Join the IAI team as we take you trick-or-treating through the philosophy of horror, the symbolic meaning of monsters, and the post-mortem value of corpses.

Join Yale psychologist Paul Bloom as he invites us to see the clever, creative and beautiful side of our impulses toward evil.

A mixed panel - philosopher David Chalmers, explorer Ed Stafford and novelist Joanna Kavenna - debate whether a 'self' exists and how we could attempt to find it.

Sean Carroll, Ellen Langer, and Tamar Gendler continue their debate about science and the problem of consciousness

In an age of nihilism and existential angst, philosopher Ben Ware finds reasons to be hopeful.

Sean Carroll, Ellen Langer, and Tamar Gendler debate the possibility of science solving the problem of consciousness.

Heaven in disorder What is the relationship between atheism and faith? How do we relate to 'the big other', and how does this influence how we think about God, nature and ourselves. Join Slavoj Žižek for his glorious finish to a fantastic talk. Slavoj is a Slovenian Marxist-Lacanian philosopher and author, known for his incisive, radical, and humourous takes on the global political landscape. He rarely holds back when giving his opinion, laying out his views and analysis in stark...

Heaven in disorder What is the concept of 'the self'? How does it relate to how we understand freedom, democracy and ideology?Join Slavoj Zizek as he explores the ideas that underpin how we understand the world. Slavoj is a Slovenian Marxist-Lacanian philosopher and author, known for his incisive, radical, and humourous takes on the global political landscape. He rarely holds back when giving his opinion, laying out his views and analysis in stark terms. To witness such debates live...

Join leading neuroscientist and philosopher Iain Mcgilchrist, Nobel prize winning mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and postmodern sociologist Steve Fuller as they discuss the meaning and mysteries of consciousness.

Join leading neuroscientist and philosopher Iain Mcgilchrist, Nobel prize winning mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and postmodern sociologist Steve Fuller as they discuss the meaning and mysteries of consciousness.

Join Slavoj Žižek for an exclusive interview as he turns his attention to the world of science, taking aim at current approaches to the study of quantum physics.

Join Slavoj Zizek as he explores the current state of the world, analyzing the effects of capitalism and corporations on our past, present, and future.

Join Slavoj Zizek as he explores the current state of the world, using war and the pandemic as a lens to explore the social and political decay of nations.

Philosopher Barry C. Smith defends the importance of the most ignored senses - smell, taste, touch - to the philosophical project.

Physicists Eric Weinstein and Becky Parker, and philosopher Hilary Lawson debate whether metaphysics is still relevant in a science-dominated world.

Physicists Eric Weinstein and Becky Parker, and philosopher Hilary Lawson debate whether metaphysics is still relevant in a science-dominated world.

Philosopher Nolen Gertz on nihilism and the meaning of life.

Philosopher Nolen Gertz on nihilism and the meaning of life.

Writer and historian Rob Boddice unravels the complexities of the human condition and confronts the happiness crisis.

Award-winning psychologist and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke shares his years of research on the questions that haunt us: why are we devoid of meaning in the current moment, and what can we do about it?

Mike Figgis, Lyric Hammersmith, Robert Eaglestone, Joanna Kavenna debate the nature of evil.

Mike Figgis, Lyric Hammersmith, Robert Eaglestone, Joanna Kavenna debate the nature of evil.