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What’s the relationship between the mental activity of our minds and the physical actions of our brain? It’s called The Mind-Body Problem. To many, it’s a perennial...

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Can Art Clarify The Mind-Body Problem?

Episode 04

Season 20

26:47

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Dualism claims reality has two parts, a physical and a nonphysical (mental or spiritual), both equally real. Dualism is believed by most people but rejected by most...

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Can Dualism Explain Consciousness?

Episode 12

Season 15

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Are human beings purely physical? Evolved at random and destined to die, extinguished forever? Or are we something more? A spirit or a soul, with existence beyond?...

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Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem?

Episode 05

Season 05

26:46

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How is it possible that mushy masses of brain cells, passing chemicals and shooting sparks, literally are mental sensations and subjective feelings? They seem so radically...

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What is the Mind-Body Problem?

Episode 05

Season 02

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How is it possible that mushy masses of brain cells, passing chemicals and shooting sparks, can cause mental sensations and subjective feelings? How can brain chemistry and...

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What is the Mind-Body Problem?

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How does the brain produce the mind? This is one of the most difficult problems in science, because how can physical qualities, no matter how complex and sophisticated,...

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Why a Mind-Body Problem?

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1:39:07

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What’s the relationship between our brains and our consciousness, between the physical stuff in our skulls and the mental experiences in our minds? Much rides on the...

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Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem?

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1:46:57

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‘Neurophilosophy’ is the view that all that is mental or mind or consciousness can be solved ultimately by neuroscience. ‘Neuromania’ is the view that...

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Neurophilosophy vs. Neuromania?

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59:13

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Does the mind work like a computer? Are mental processes the product of computation in that information processing is the essence of mind or consciousness? This view is...

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Computational Theory of the Mind

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44:05

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How special is the human mind? What is human mind compared to animal minds? These questions have long vexed philosophers. Now, if God exists, would these questions change? If...

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What is Human Mind in a Theistic World?

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55:37

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Can art inform the classic mind-body problem? While the relationship between mental activity and physical brain continues to baffle, can the existence and process of art...

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