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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 and mental health • Memory and identity • Trauma and growth • Race and cultural perspectives • Ethics and social issues • Interdisciplinary approaches • Global philosophical viewpointsThis podcast, "The London Lecture Series," explores a wide array of philosophical questions and themes centered around mental health and the human experience. Across its episodes, the series delves into the intricate relationships between mental health, memory, identity, race, and evolution, offering a broad spectrum of scholarly reflections and discussions.
Episodes explore the role of technology in memory, the complexity of personal identity, and the ethical implications surrounding memory. The theme of trauma is revisited, with discussions on how memory can function to promote growth after traumatic experiences, and the importance of forgetting as a tool for preserving moral values such as forgiveness and privacy.
The series also engages with philosophical inquiries into mental health, questioning traditional psychiatric paradigms and exploring alternative frameworks that consider the cultural and existential dimensions of mental disorders. The intersection of mental health with race is addressed, highlighting structural inequalities and the cultural contexts of mental distress.
Beyond the psychological realm, the podcast ventures into broader philosophical territories, including discussions on spirituality, global aesthetics, and decolonization of philosophy. Cultural and ethical dimensions are examined through various cultural lenses, bringing attention to how different societies understand emotions, hospitality, and identity.
Additional themes include the philosophical analysis of legal concepts related to mental disorders, the ethical considerations of assisted dying, and narratives that challenge traditional storytelling methods in philosophy. The series offers an interdisciplinary approach, frequently bridging gaps between philosophy, psychology, social sciences, and the humanities, and invites listeners to reconsider prevailing concepts of cognition, existence, and the social dynamics of mental health.
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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 |