Tania Lombrozo: Podcast Interviews

Tania Lombrozo, PhD

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Psychologist

3 Interviews

Tania Lombrozo's Interviews

Sean Carroll & Tania Lombrozo • 16 Jan 2023 • EN

Tania Lombrozo on What Explanations Are

There are few human impulses more primal than the desire for explanations. We have expectations concerning what happens, and when what we experience differs from those expectations, we want to know the reason why. There are obvious philosophy questions here: What is an explanation? Do explanations bottom out, or go for

Shankar Vedantam & Tania Lombrozo • 15 Mar 2021 • EN

The Story of Stories

Why is my friend late? How does nuclear fission work? What occurs when I sneeze? We all need to understand why certain things happen. Some researchers think the drive to explain the world is a basic human impulse, similar to thirst or hunger. This week on Hidden Brain, we begin a three part series on why we tell storie

Julia Galef & Tania Lombrozo • 11 Jun 2017 • EN

Rationally Speaking #186 - Tania Lombrozo on "Why we evolved the urge to explain"

Humans have an innate urge to reach for explanations of the world around us. For example, "What caused this tragedy?" or "Why are some people successful?" This episode features psychologist and philosopher Tania Lombrozo, discussing her research on what purpose explanation serves -- i.e., why it helps us more than our