MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci PARADIGM DRIFT https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Dr. Jack Bagby is a professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies who is one of the world’s foremost experts on the philosophy of Henri Bergson. Bergson was an early proponent of the absolute importance of context when trying to understand nature. This is nowhere more apparent than in the world of music, where the rhythm, interval, and mode of the songs being played creates wildly different sensations even when the same pure tones are in play. Bagby has extensive experience with novel musical instruments, strange tunings, and alternative scales, which he deploys as evidence of Bergson’s deep insights in the nature of perception and reality. 00:00 Go! Bergson's Influence 00:06:45 Defining Metaphysics 00:11:38 Creativity and Consciousness 00:14:22 Science v. Metaphysics 00:20:13 Sensation and Perception in Music 00:24:07 Critique of Artificial Intelligence 00:27:18 Metaphysics and Movement 00:30:24 Music and Inner Experience 00:35:01 Resonance Theory and Consciousness 00:50:09 Sensation, measurement, and subjectivity 00:58:07 Metaphysics, morality, and creativity 01:01:26 Music as a metaphor for existence 01:05:11 Technological expansion and consciousness 01:12:51 Building Musical Scales Through Overtones 01:14:13 Tuning and Musical Expression 01:17:38 Scales and Tuning Variability 01:21:02 Keyboard Innovations and Intonation 01:26:42 Perfect Fifths and Harmonic Construction 01:35:23 Harmonic Series and Interval Challenges 01:37:43 Harmony v. Dissonance 01:42:18 Expressive Dissonance and Temperament 01:46:02 Overtones and Consonance Explained 01:49:47 Measuring and Adjusting Temperaments 01:55:06 Historical Perspectives on Musical Tempering 02:11:29 Cultural Perception and Universality in Music 02:19:13 Experiential Nature of Music and Counterpoint 02:21:17 Demonstration of Microtonal Guitar 02:27:15 Rhythm and Its Temporal Nature 02:31:08 Metaphysics of Matter and Sensory Experience 02:35:10 Interpretations of Reality in Theory v. Experience 02:39:10 The Intersection of Science and Metaphysics 02:44:08 Continuous Dialogue Between Concepts and Reality #philosophy, #stoicism, #arttheory, #spiritualevolution , #musictheory, #Bergson, #aesthetics , #harmony , #consciousness , #creativitydevelopment , #existentialism, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671