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Dr. Jack Symes

Disciplines:
philosophy
consciousness
podcasting
parapsychology/panpsychism

Summary

Dr. Jack Symes is a British philosopher associated with Durham University and founder/host of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, one of the leading academic philosophy podcasts. He specializes in philosophy of mind, consciousness, and the hard problem, and authored Defeating the Evil God Challenge.

Core Contribution

Created The Panpsycast as a major accessible academic philosophy podcast; authored Defeating the Evil God Challenge which engages Stephen Law's argument against theism; contributes to academic philosophy of mind and consciousness studies.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • panpsychism
  • consciousness
  • philosophy podcast
  • evil god challenge
  • hard problem

Notable Works & Achievements

Defeating the Evil God Challenge

Talking About Philosophy

Historical Influences

Philip Goff Galen Strawson David Chalmers

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic philosophy Philosophy of mind Panpsychism tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

Philip Goff Galen Strawson Michael Hauskeller

Minds Influenced

Philosophy podcast audienceaccessible academic philosophy

Intellectual Posterity

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