web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:03:55 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Two Psychologists Four Beers - Episodes Tagged with “Embodied Cognition” https://www.fourbeers.com/tags/embodied%20cognition Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. en-us episodic Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. yes psychology, beer, academia, science, controversy Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett fourbeerspod@gmail.com Episode 49: Why Buddhism is Wrong (with Evan Thompson) https://www.fourbeers.com/49 b1b9e530-886c-44b0-a76f-3d5741b22965 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 49 Why Buddhism is Wrong (with Evan Thompson) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Yoel and Mickey welcome philosopher Evan Thompson to the show to talk about Buddhism, the self. embodied cognition, phenomenology, evolutionary psychology, and growing up on a commune. 1:19:32 yes Yoel and Mickey have a far ranging conversation with University of British Columbia professor of philosophy, Evan Thompson. Despite growing up with a daily meditation practice and contributing to the cognitive science of mindfulness, why does Evan not consider himself a Buddhist? Is Buddhism a religion that is truly different from other religions? Is the self an illusion, as is popularily portrayed by Buddhist modernists such as Sam Harris? What do failures to replicate social psychology studies of embodied cognition mean for the larger enterprise of embodied cognition? Can science and traditional Buddhism co-exist? Why is Evolutionary Psychology a doomed entreprise? Bonus: Which city is superior, Toronto or Vancouver? Special Guest: Evan Thompson. Buddhism, the self, religion, embodied cognition, mindfulness, phenomenology Yoel and Mickey have a far ranging conversation with University of British Columbia professor of philosophy, Evan Thompson. Despite growing up with a daily meditation practice and contributing to the cognitive science of mindfulness, why does Evan not consider himself a Buddhist? Is Buddhism a religion that is truly different from other religions? Is the self an illusion, as is popularily portrayed by Buddhist modernists such as Sam Harris? What do failures to replicate social psychology studies of embodied cognition mean for the larger enterprise of embodied cognition? Can science and traditional Buddhism co-exist? Why is Evolutionary Psychology a doomed entreprise?

Bonus: Which city is superior, Toronto or Vancouver?

Special Guest: Evan Thompson.

Links:

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Bonus: Which city is superior, Toronto or Vancouver?

Special Guest: Evan Thompson.

Links:

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