Illusion

Is the Self Real?

Is there such a thing as a self, something that makes you who you are? Or is the self just a convenient fiction? Would the world be a better place if we all stopped believing in selves? These are some of the questions we're asking in this week's show.

Is Consciousness an Illusion?

Prominent philosophers go head to head inthisNew York Review of Bookspiece. Thomas Nagel writes a critical review of Daniel Dennett's new bookFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds.