Dr Jack Symes is a philosopher at Durham University, UK

His books include Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind (2022), Philosophers on God: Talking about Existence (2024), Defeating the Evil-God Challenge: In Defence of God’s Goodness (2024), and Lessons for Living: A Philosopher’s Education (forthcoming).

Jack regularly appears on major public platforms, such as BBC Two, The Joe Rogan Experience, Glastonbury Festival, BBC Radio 4, Piers Morgan Uncensored, HowTheLightGetsIn, GB News, PoliticsJoe, The Jordan Peterson Podcast, The Spectator, and LBC. He is also the producer of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, one of the UK’s most popular higher education podcasts.

He has delivered invited lectures at some of the world’s leading universities, including Harvard University, Dartmouth University, the University of Oxford, and Waseda University. Jack also speaks at international policy events, including the World Economic Forum and World Forum.

In 2024, Jack was awarded the BBC New Generation Thinker Prize.

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