Derek Parfit

Mentioned in 5 analyzed podcast episodes across 4 shows

Appears On

Making Sense with Sam Harris People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas Unexplainable

Episode Appearances

Making Sense with Sam Harris · Jun 17, 2026

#481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award

“Cited by Dawkins as an example of a philosopher whose thought experiments serve as valuable intuition pumps.”

AI Consciousness and the Hard Problem of MindLLMs Surpassing the Turing TestAccidental Creation of Suffering AI in Server Farms

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People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast · Feb 21, 2026

Is your existence improbable? Or inevitable? Exploring universalism with Arnold Zuboff

“Philosopher referenced for work on personal identity and thought experiments involving brain bisection and psychological continuity”

Open Individualism and Universalism PhilosophyPersonal Identity and ConsciousnessAnthropic Principle and Fine-Tuning

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Dec 15, 2025

AMA | December 2025

“Philosopher whose work on personal identity via psychological continuity is discussed regarding Star Trek teleportation”

Quantum Field Theory and Hilbert Space DimensionalityBlack Hole Thermodynamics and Entanglement EntropyMany-Worlds Interpretation and Quantum Probability

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Making Sense with Sam Harris · Dec 8, 2025

#448 — The Philosophy of Good and Evil

“Philosopher described by Singer as the only genius he ever met; subject of Edmonds' previous biography on consequentialist ethics”

Consequentialist Ethics and Moral PhilosophyTrolley Problem Variants and Moral IntuitionsDoctrine of Double Effect (Intent vs. Foresight)

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Unexplainable · Oct 22, 2025

Consider the shrimp

“Responded to Tore's argument with rebuttal emphasizing that equal weight to each person means larger numbers count for more.”

Moral philosophy and utilitarian ethicsAnimal sentience and consciousness in invertebratesShrimp farming and industrial aquaculture practices

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