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.

  • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    Thats cool and all, but can someone make Lovecraft a religion already, so these Cartesian nerds can say something interesting

    Yes my eyes are fake, reality is a veil, Azeroths wet dreams are ingredient X for consciousness, now shut up and give me more eyes :angel-biblical-shh: