PhilosophyofMind

  • 120分钟
  • Themysteriousrelationshipbetweenthemindandthebodyi… Themysteriousrelationshipbetweenthemindandthebodyisavidlybeingresearchedbytoday’scognitivescientists.Thisprogramseekstounderstandthemind/matterdichotomythroughtheeyesofsomeofhistory’skeenestphilosophers,includingDescartes,Wittgenstein,Leibniz,Mill,GilbertRyle,WillardVanOrmanQuine,ThomasNagel,andJohnSearle.Threeoftoday’sleadinglightsinthisintriguingbranchofphilosophy—ColinMcGinnandBrianMcLaughlin,bothofRutgersUniversity,andNYU’sNedBlock—sharetheirviewsaswell.Descartes’sMeditations,Wittgenstein’sPhilosophicalInvestigations,andQuine’s“MindandVerbalDispositions”areconsulted.(47minutes) http://web.duke.edu/philosophy/mind.html