Anand Vaidya: Consciousness, Truth, Belief, Time

This is a banger. Prof. Anand Vaidya of philosophy specializes in Vedic philosophy, epistemology, and we talk about God, free will, mathematics, Kripke, and even the ego as both an illusion and real.

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LINKS MENTIONED:
On Certification (Anand Vaidya): https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/89...
Podcast w/ Susan Schneider on TOE:    • When Ai Becomes Conscious: Bernardo Kastru...  
Podcast w/ Anand Vaidya on TOE:    • Anand Vaidya: Moving BEYOND Non-Dualism  
Reality Plus (David Chalmers): https://amzn.to/473AKPw
Podcast w/ Susan Blackmore Λ Bernardo Kastrup on TOE:    • Bernardo Kastrup Λ Susan Blackmore: Consci...  
Podcast w/ Dave Chalmers on TOE: COMING
Raymond Smullyan's Dialogue on Free Will:    • "Is God A Taoist?" [Curt Jaimungal reads R...  
Kripke's Naming and Necessity: https://amzn.to/3SbCNMZ
Mindfest Playlist on TOE (Ai and Consciousness):    • Mindfest (Ai & Consciousness Conference)  
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:36 Indian theories of knowledge and sentience
00:08:00 Hedonic Tone and the mathematics of pleasure
00:18:15 Exploration of non-dualism vs. unity with God & absence of subject-object distinction
00:35:00 Misconceptions about non-dualism and the importance of rationality and logic
00:46:41 Materialism in Indian philosophy
01:56:00 Time, impermanence, and suffering
01:15:01 Truth, falsity, and the ineffable
01:35:19 Shankara philosophy and Dan Dennett's rebut against Mary
01:47:00 Chomsky vs. Kripke regarding reference and naming
02:03:00 Metaphysically possible worlds
02:31:10 Inflationary and deflationary approaches
02:47:07 The Integration Challenge and the paradox of mathematical knowledge
02:57:06 Donald Hoffman's perception theory
03:07:04 Free will and determinism
03:21:43 Grounding and grading of moral standing
03:33:35 Modal logic
03:43:02 Belief in belief