What's On UEN-TV

 

Closer to Truth - Best of Consciousness

Closer To Truth explores fundamental issues of universe, brain/mind, religion, meaning and purpose through intimate, candid conversations with leading scientists, philosophers, scholars, theologians and creative thinkers of all kinds. The shows are a rich visual experience, shot entirely on location in high definition with multiple cameras generating film-like production values. The visual lushness of the high definition, on-location productions, combined with the intriguing titles of the shows, builds audiences already interested in such perennial topics.

Closer to Truth - Best of Consciousness  
  • Can Dualism Explain Consciousness?
    Tuesday, May 7
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Dualism claims reality has two parts, a physical and a nonphysical (mental or spiritual), both equally real. Dualism is believed by most people but rejected by most philosophers and scientists.
  • Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation?
    Sunday, May 12
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    What causes consciousness? Our inner sense of awareness is at once most mundane and most bizarre. No explanation makes sense. Here are three novel candidates for explaining consciousness.
  • Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation?
    Tuesday, May 14
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    What causes consciousness? Our inner sense of awareness is at once most mundane and most bizarre. No explanation makes sense. Here are three novel candidates for explaining consciousness.
  • Does Esp Reveal The Nonphysical?
    Sunday, May 19
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Some claim that their scientific study of extrasensory perception, or parapsychology, overturns the worldview of science. Should we take these startling pronouncements seriously?
  • Does Esp Reveal The Nonphysical?
    Tuesday, May 21
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Some claim that their scientific study of extrasensory perception, or parapsychology, overturns the worldview of science. Should we take these startling pronouncements seriously?
  • Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?
    Sunday, May 26
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Some say that consciousness is the only true reality-that everything else, including the universe, comes from consciousness. If so, how would consciousness relate to the world?
  • Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?
    Tuesday, May 28
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Some say that consciousness is the only true reality-that everything else, including the universe, comes from consciousness. If so, how would consciousness relate to the world?
  • Why Explore Consciousness and Cosmos?
    Sunday, June 2
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Cosmos and consciousness seem utterly different, the former encompassing the vast universe, the latter emerging from tiny brains. Yet consciousness founds most religions, and some cosmologists speak quietly, profoundly, about consciousness.
  • Why Explore Consciousness and Cosmos?
    Tuesday, June 4
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Cosmos and consciousness seem utterly different, the former encompassing the vast universe, the latter emerging from tiny brains. Yet consciousness founds most religions, and some cosmologists speak quietly, profoundly, about consciousness.

 

Load All

  • Can Dualism Explain Consciousness?
    Sunday, May 5
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Dualism claims reality has two parts, a physical and a nonphysical (mental or spiritual), both equally real. Dualism is believed by most people but rejected by most philosophers and scientists.
  • Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness?
    Tuesday, April 30
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Materialism is the belief that only physical things are real. But physical things seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the known laws of physics?
  • Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness?
    Sunday, April 28
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Materialism is the belief that only physical things are real. But physical things seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the known laws of physics?
  • Toward A Science of Consciousness?
    Tuesday, April 23
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Why do we have inner awareness? Why does it 'feel like something' inside to see, hear, taste, think? It's called 'consciousness' and it seems mysterious-but can science explain it? We talk to experts at the 20th biennial conference, "Toward a Science of Consciousness."
  • Toward A Science of Consciousness?
    Sunday, April 21
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Why do we have inner awareness? Why does it 'feel like something' inside to see, hear, taste, think? It's called 'consciousness' and it seems mysterious-but can science explain it? We talk to experts at the 20th biennial conference, "Toward a Science of Consciousness."
  • Confronting Consciousness
    Tuesday, April 16
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Consciousness is what mental activity feels like, the private inner experience of sensation, thought and emotion. Consciousness is like nothing else.
  • Confronting Consciousness
    Sunday, April 14
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Consciousness is what mental activity feels like, the private inner experience of sensation, thought and emotion. Consciousness is like nothing else.
  • Is Consciousness An Illusion?
    Tuesday, April 9
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is consciousness something special in the universe, a carrier of meaning and purpose? Or is consciousness a mere artifact of the brain, a by-product of evolution? I hope consciousness is special, which is why I must be a skeptic.
  • Is Consciousness An Illusion?
    Sunday, April 7
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is consciousness something special in the universe, a carrier of meaning and purpose? Or is consciousness a mere artifact of the brain, a by-product of evolution? I hope consciousness is special, which is why I must be a skeptic.
  • Is Consciousness Fundamental?
    Tuesday, April 2
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is our mental life a random accident, solely the product or byproduct of physical brain? Or is there something deeply special about conscious awareness that may reveal a hidden reality?