28 episodes

This album contains fascinating and engrossing interviews with several leading philosophers concerning, primarily, the exploration of four topics: emotion; thought and language; imagination and creativity; consciousness. The interviews contain lively debates from differing philosophical viewpoints, discussions about theoretical thought experiments and the examination of theories developed by philosophers such as Aristotle, Decartes, Galileo, and Hume as well as predictions regarding the future of philosophy. This material forms part of the course AA308 Thought and experience.

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This album contains fascinating and engrossing interviews with several leading philosophers concerning, primarily, the exploration of four topics: emotion; thought and language; imagination and creativity; consciousness. The interviews contain lively debates from differing philosophical viewpoints, discussions about theoretical thought experiments and the examination of theories developed by philosophers such as Aristotle, Decartes, Galileo, and Hume as well as predictions regarding the future of philosophy. This material forms part of the course AA308 Thought and experience.

    Thought and Experience

    Thought and Experience

    A short introduction to this album

    • 48 sec
    Transcript -- Thought and Experience

    Transcript -- Thought and Experience

    A short introduction to this album

    Origins of the modern concept of mind

    Origins of the modern concept of mind

    A detailed discussion about the Aristotelian concept of the soul and the Cartesian concept of the mind by Susan James

    • 28 min
    Transcript -- Origins of the modern concept of mind

    Transcript -- Origins of the modern concept of mind

    A detailed discussion about the Aristotelian concept of the soul and the Cartesian concept of the mind by Susan James

    Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind

    Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind

    A detailed discussion about various approaches to contemporary philosophy of mind focusing on the computational view

    • 29 min
    Transcript -- Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind

    Transcript -- Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind

    A detailed discussion about various approaches to contemporary philosophy of mind focusing on the computational view

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