Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor.

Podcast description: Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor.

  • space_comrade [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Dennett is the most ridiculous one of the bunch, philosophically he's a complete charlatan. Just endless sophistry and obscurantism to avoid ever considering what the questions is all about.

    • UlyssesT
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      16 days ago

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    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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      3 years ago

      I don't quite understand this take, having read a few of his books back in the day. I feel like people get really hung up on the qualia existence thing or something.