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... video Can Art Clarify The Mind-Body Problem? Episode 04 Season 20 26:47 Watch
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... video Can Dualism Explain Consciousness? Episode 12 Season 15 26:47 Watch
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?... video Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? Episode 05 Season 05 26:46 Watch
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... video What is the Mind-Body Problem? Episode 05 Season 02 26:46 Watch
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... playlist What is the Mind-Body Problem? Topic Series 11 videos 2:06:46 Watch
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,... playlist Why a Mind-Body Problem? Topic Series 11 videos 1:39:07 Watch
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... playlist Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? Topic Series 7 videos 1:11:20 Watch
‘Neurophilosophy’ is the view that all that is mental or mind or consciousness can be solved ultimately by neuroscience. ‘Neuromania’ is the view that... playlist Neurophilosophy vs. Neuromania? Topic Series 8 videos 59:13 Watch
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... playlist Computational Theory of the Mind Topic Series 7 videos 44:05 Watch
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... playlist What is Human Mind in a Theistic World? Topic Series 7 videos 55:37 Watch
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... playlist Art and the Philosophy of Mind Topic Series 6 videos 37:46 Watch
Closer To Truth is highlighting remarkable women advancing philosophy and neuro/cognitive science. playlist Women in Philosophy and Neuro/Cognitive Science Curated, Topic Series 12 videos 1:48:35 Watch
Closer To Truth is highlighting remarkable women advancing philosophy and neuro/cognitive science. playlist Women in Philosophy and Neuro/Cognitive Science Curated, Topic Series 12 videos 1:48:35 Watch
Stephen Braude Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Maryland, Baltimore; former President, Parapscyhological Association
Rodney Brooks Robotics Entrepreneur; former Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT
Daniel Dennett University Professor, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
Christopher Evans Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and former Director of the Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles
Susan Greenfield Neuroscientist, Writer, Broadcaster, Entrepreneur; former Professor of Pharmacology, Oxford
Varadaraja Raman Professor Emeritus of Physics and Humanities, Rochester Institute of Technology; former President, Institute on Religion in an Age of Science
John Searle Former Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Language, University of California, Berkeley
Charles Tart Associated Distinguished Professor, Integral and Transpersonal Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies
Dean Zimmerman Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion, Rutgers University
