Contributor(s): Molly Mathieson, Alexander Mazonowicz, Professor Hanna Pickard | What is addiction? Although it is often discussed in terms of neurobiology, this can’t begin to capture what it means to be addicted and what addiction does to our sense of self.

Philosophers have long been concerned with questions about the self and identity, so might philosophy be able to help us to understand addiction? And what does understanding the relationship between addiction and identity mean for recovery? Philosopher Hannah Pickard and members of New Note Orchestra, the first recovery orchestra in the world, discuss.

Meet our speakers and chair

Molly Mathieson is the founder and Chief Executive of New Note Projects.

Alexander Mazonowicz is a musician with New Note Orchestra.

Hanna Pickard is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University.

Jonathan Birch (@BirchLSE) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at LSE.

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