Tent Talks

In this episode, I speak with my friend Caleb Wurster about his religious faith. Caleb is currently a pitcher for the University of Connecticut baseball team and a practicing Christian. We spend a lot of time in this episode talking about the pastor that brought Caleb back to Christ: Erwin Mcmanus. Check out one of Erwin’s videos at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvIVOI-kPjs

In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Kate Harrigan. Dr. Harrigan is currently Lecturer of Psychology and Linguistics at the College of William & Mary, having received her PhD in linguistics from the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on language acquisition, social cognition, and how the two interact. In this episode, Professor Harrigan and I discuss several important concepts and distinctions in linguistics, before honing in on her work on children’s acquisition of attitude verbs.

In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my brother Brad Turner about various mental principles to live by. We cover a range of different topics, including authenticity, mindfulness, Buddhism, Existentialism, Social Media outrage culture, and psychological paradoxes.

In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend Dan Sequeira about a range of issues, including Marxism versus Capitalism, Structuralism, Critical Theory, Existentialism, Healthcare Policy, and the 2020 Presidential Election. Dan is currently a law student at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is particularly interested in studying Legal Theory from a Critical Theorist/Structuralist perspective.

In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Angela Mendelovici. Dr. Mendelovici is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, having received her PhD in philosophy from Princeton University. Her research is in the philosophy of mind, specifically on intentionality, consciousness, and the relationship between the two. Her most recent book, The Phenomenal Basis of Intentionality, is making waves in the philosophical community. In this episode, Professor Mendelovici and I discuss the contents of her new book, as well as her views on other topics in the philosophy of mind, such as panpsychism (the view that consciousness is fundamental and exists everywhere) and moods and emotions. To learn more about Professor Mendelovici’s work, and to buy her book, visit her personal website at the following link: publish.uwo.ca/~amendel5/

In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Cormac Duffy and Preston Lennon about issues in the philosophy of mind, including introspection, the hard problem of consciousness, AI consciousness, and experiential thinking. Cormac is currently a masters student in philosophy at the University College Dublin, whereas Preston is a PhD student in philosophy at Ohio State University.

In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Takuya Niikawa, who is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris. Takuya received his PhD in philosophy from Hokaiido University in 2015, defending the position of naive realism in the philosophy of perception. In this episode, Takuya and I discuss his views on perception, before having a more extensive conversation about issues in the philosophy of consciousness. Learn more about Takuya’s work at the following links: https://researchmap.jp/niitaku11/?lang=english&fbclid=IwAR0R8VRLMkLbpataAC2PSqMo3FPSOpPWCuo_sYCaayuoi87QRGpO2aISkN0; http://www.institutnicod.org/membres/post-doctorants-35/niikawa-takuya/?lang=fr&fbclid=IwAR3a8YnRAiPtwX9PtLAkOKVyKDJeooa9zUyOBmGdK0MvUbdHvOok0VbJJBA