Philosophy Gets Schooled philosophy-gets-schooled
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Philosophers at universities and schools talk about philosophy topics in A-Levels / IB / Highers. Fun and engaging, informative and clear.
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PGS - Property Dualism
Part 1: Introduction to metaphysics of mind, dualism and property dualism. Chalmers's zombies! Part 2 (starts 31min 05 sec): Jackson's Mary argument. Epiphenomenalism, introspection, natural selection. Evaluation. Ben Jones, DaN McKee and Mabel Rowe chat with Simon Kirchin. (Music by Alex Grohl.)
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PGS - Mind-Brain Type Id. Theory / Eliminative Materialism
Part 1: Intro to metaphysics of mind, physicalism, mind-brain type identity theory - explanation, arguments for and against. Part 2 (starts 35 min 15 sec): eliminative materialism - explanation, arguments for and against. Michael Lacewing, Sally Latham and Adrian Samuel chat with Simon Kirchin. (Music by Alex Grohl.)
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PGS - Substance Dualism
Part 1: Intro to metaphysics of mind, dualism and substance dualism. Descartes' Indivisibility Argument. Part 2 (starts: 21min40sec): Descartes' Conceivability Argument, criticisms (possibility of other minds, interaction, and category errors). Ben Jones, DaN McKee and Mabel Rowe chat with Simon Kirchin. (Music by Alex Grohl.) [AND APOLOGIES - SK's mic goes funny right at the end. Hope it doesn't spoil your enjoyment!]
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PGS - Philosophical Behaviourism
Part 1: intro to metaphysics of mind and physicalism, 'hard' & 'soft' behaviourism. Part 2 (starts 29min50sec): dualism against behaviourism, Putnam's super-Spartans, circularity and multiple realisability, asymmetry between self-knowledge and knowledge of others, and evaluations. Michael Lacewing, Sally Latham and Adrian Samuel talk with Simon Kirchin. (Music by Alex Grohl.)
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PGS - Functionalism
Part 1: intro to metaphysics of mind, functionalism, advantages. Part 2 (starts: 24min55sec): inverted qualia, no qualia, Mary argument, zombies, Turing/Chinese room/AI and evaluation of functionalism. Sally Latham, Mabel Rowe and Adrian Samuel chat with Simon Kirchin (Kent/Leeds). (Music by Alex Grohl.)
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PGS - Reason as a Source of Knowledge
Part 1: Types of knowledge, definitions. Part 2 (18min15sec): Innate knowledge: Plato's Meno, Leibniz, Locke and Hume. Part 3 (41min15sec): 'Intuition and Deduction' - Hume's Fork, Descartes' Cogito, clear and distinct ideas, Trademark Argument, etc. Sally Latham and DaN McKee chat with Simon Kirchin. [Music by Alex Grohl]