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What is mental health? Can we make sense of psychosis? What’s the connection between mental health and concepts including race & evolution?Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy • Mental health • Memory • Identity • Ethics • Social issues • Technology • Cultural perspectives • Forgiveness • Conservation • Trauma • Race • Personal history • Existentialism • EnvironmentalismThis podcast, titled "The London Lecture Series," engages with a range of philosophical questions and themes associated with mental health, memory, identity, and cultural values. The episodes explore the intricate connections between mental health and concepts such as race, evolution, and madness. A significant focus is placed on understanding memory and the role of digital technology in shaping personal histories and perceptions of the past.
The podcast addresses the philosophical implications of remembering and forgetting, exploring how these processes interact with identity, social relationships, trauma, and post-traumatic growth. Conservation efforts, forgiveness, and the potential consequences of digital platforms on memory are examined as part of this exploration.
Additionally, the series delves into the interaction between mental health and broader societal themes, including the potential for decolonizing philosophy, understanding ethnic inequalities in mental distress, and the impact of the criminal law on mental disorder. Discussions also highlight different cultural approaches to mental health, challenging the traditional psychiatric paradigms.
Several episodes explore the philosophical considerations of various emotions, such as anger and shame, and their expression within different cultural contexts. Other topics include the exploration of global aesthetics, ethical considerations surrounding suicide and assisted dying, and challenges in interdisciplinary research within mental healthcare.
Throughout, the podcast considers how philosophical discourse can provide fresh insights into longstanding issues, ranging from the nature of personal identity to the philosophical underpinnings of psychiatric diagnosis. The series aims to offer a comprehensive examination of these diverse topics while fostering an understanding of varied philosophical perspectives.
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Insta-Worthy Memories and Filtered Truth: The Effects of Technology on Our Personal Histories and Records of the Past2025-Apr-17 89 minutes |
Conservation as a Method of Remembering (and forgetting) - Erich Hatala Matthes2025-Mar-20 87 minutes |
Forgiveness: Do we need it? - Lucy Allais2025-Mar-12 88 minutes |
How We Remember and Forget Online; Alessandra Tanesini2025-Feb-24 88 minutes |
Remember Who You Are: Personal Identity and Memory; Presented by Marya Schechtman2025-Jan-15 88 minutes |
Trauma, Emotion, and Memory; Presented by James Dawes2024-Dec-06 85 minutes |
The Importance of Forgetting; Presented by Rima Basu2024-Nov-25 81 minutes |
Rethinking Disenchantment and the Immanent Frame; Presented by Camilia Kong2024-Jul-03 92 minutes |
Beyond Psychiatry: Rethinking Madness Outside Medicine; Presented by Justin Garson2024-Jul-03 86 minutes |
Mad Knowledge and Relations; Presented by Jasna Russo and Erick Fabris2024-Jul-03 87 minutes |
Ethnic Inequalities in Experience of Mental Distress; Presented by Kam Bhui2024-Jul-03 91 minutes |
The Person in Psychiatry; Presented by Sanneke de Haan2024-Jul-03 86 minutes |
How Can we Make Progress in Mental Healthcare Research?; Presented by Neil Armstrong and Nicola Byrom2024-Jul-03 87 minutes |
Communicating to Increase Agency in Youth Mental Health; Presented by Rose McCabe, Lisa Bortolotti, and Michele Lim2024-Jul-03 68 minutes |
Mental Disorder and the Criminal Law; Presented by Claire Hogg2024-Jul-03 87 minutes |
Health and Disease: Experimental Philosophy of Medicine; Presented by Somogy Varga and Andrew J. Latham2024-Jul-03 85 minutes |
Who Gets to Call Whom Mad?; Presented by Richard Gipps2024-Jul-03 85 minutes |
Understanding Suicide and Assisted Dying; Presented by Mona Gupta2024-Jul-03 86 minutes |
Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis: Presented by Lucy Johnstone and Mary Boyle2024-Jul-03 79 minutes |
A Flaw in the Great Diamond of the World; Presented by Louis Sass2024-Jul-03 74 minutes |
Against Speaking Up; Presented by Havi Carel and Dan Degerman2024-Jun-28 76 minutes |
Rendering Trauma Audible with María del Rosario Acosta López2022-Jul-01 83 minutes |
Fernando Pessoa: The Poet as Philosopher with Jonardon Ganeri2022-Jun-24 69 minutes |
A New Name for an Old Way of Thinking with Roger Ames2022-Jun-17 74 minutes |
Decolonising Philosophy with Lewis Gordon2022-Jun-10 86 minutes |
Culture and Value in Du Bois’ The Gift of Black Folk with Chike Jeffers2022-Jun-03 88 minutes |
Getting Good at Bad Emotions with Amy Olberding2022-May-27 77 minutes |
Mutual Guardianship and Hospitality with Tamara Albertini2022-May-20 79 minutes |
The Ethics of Anger and Shame with Owen Flanagan2022-May-13 70 minutes |
The Possibility of Global Aesthetics with Eileen John2022-May-06 70 minutes |
The First Person in Buddhism with Nilanjan Das2022-Apr-29 78 minutes |
Japanese Philosophers on Plato’s Ideas with Noburu Notomi2022-Apr-22 64 minutes |
How to Change Your Mind with Leah Kalmanson2022-Apr-15 70 minutes |
Philosophical Storytelling with Helen de Cruz2022-Apr-15 71 minutes |
The Philosophy of Green Finance with Joanna Burch-Brown2022-Apr-15 55 minutes |