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. Every episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/su... Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:   / theoriesofeverything   TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch 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)   Mindfest (official website): https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/ne... 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