Kevin Mitchell: Do We Have Free Will? Mind Chat
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- Philosophy
Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He is also the author of the wonderful recent book 'Free Agents: How Evolution Gave us Free will', a robust defence of the reality of free will. Between the three of us, we aim to definitely establish whether or not humans are free.
For more on Kevin Mitchell:
https://press.princeton.edu/books/har...
https://www.kjmitchell.com/
Timings
0:00 – Amusing Banter
4:41 – Introducing Kevin Mitchell
6:07 – Kevin’s view
16:12 – The Philosophy of Free Will
29:03 – Keith Probes Kevin
51:25 – Philip and Keith disagree on how to interpret Kevin’s position
1:01:00 – Does quantum mechanics help?
1:24:12 – Keith can’t help himself
1:30:24 – Philip mutes Keith
1:30:57 – Audience Q&A
1:43:33 – Final banter and Mind Chat catchphrase
Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He is also the author of the wonderful recent book 'Free Agents: How Evolution Gave us Free will', a robust defence of the reality of free will. Between the three of us, we aim to definitely establish whether or not humans are free.
For more on Kevin Mitchell:
https://press.princeton.edu/books/har...
https://www.kjmitchell.com/
Timings
0:00 – Amusing Banter
4:41 – Introducing Kevin Mitchell
6:07 – Kevin’s view
16:12 – The Philosophy of Free Will
29:03 – Keith Probes Kevin
51:25 – Philip and Keith disagree on how to interpret Kevin’s position
1:01:00 – Does quantum mechanics help?
1:24:12 – Keith can’t help himself
1:30:24 – Philip mutes Keith
1:30:57 – Audience Q&A
1:43:33 – Final banter and Mind Chat catchphrase
1 hr 45 min