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.

  • sagarmatha [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    so you say, no greater deception than the one by yourself for your "self", would lack of consciousness change your action and perception, well through alcohol we know the first ain't true and the second is a byproduct of believing the first, are we all? nothing is less assured or more tenuously within our grasp, also truth and knowledge as such do not exist :chefs-kiss: