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24.09 Minds and Machines (MIT) 24.09 Minds and Machines (MIT)

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This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss include the following. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Or is the mind the brain? Or does the mind stand to the brain as a computer program stands to the hardware? How can creatures like ourselves think thoughts that are "about" things? (For example, we can all think that Aristotle is a philosopher, and in that sense think "about" Aristotle, but what is the explanation of this quite remarkable ability?) Can I know whether your experiences and my experiences when we look at raspberries, fire trucks and stop lights are the same? Can consciousness be given a scientific explanation? This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss include the following. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Or is the mind the brain? Or does the mind stand to the brain as a computer program stands to the hardware? How can creatures like ourselves think thoughts that are "about" things? (For example, we can all think that Aristotle is a philosopher, and in that sense think "about" Aristotle, but what is the explanation of this quite remarkable ability?) Can I know whether your experiences and my experiences when we look at raspberries, fire trucks and stop lights are the same? Can consciousness be given a scientific explanation?

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Searle; AI | Searle; AI | dualism | dualism | behaviorism | behaviorism | identity theory | identity theory | functionalism | functionalism | intentionality | intentionality | externalism | externalism | self-knowledge | self-knowledge | knowledge argument | knowledge argument | chalmer | chalmer | panprotopsychism | panprotopsychism | mysterianism | mysterianism | conciousness | conciousness | rene descartes | rene descartes | mind | mind | brain | brain | causal theory | causal theory | pain | pain | relief | relief | meaning | meaning | individualism | individualism | qualia | qualia | mind-body problem | mind-body problem

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24.09 Minds and Machines (MIT) 24.09 Minds and Machines (MIT)

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This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind.

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Searle | Searle | AI | AI | Turing Test | Turing Test | dualism | dualism | behaviorism | behaviorism | identity theory | identity theory | Kripke | Kripke | functionalism | functionalism | intentionality | intentionality | externalism | externalism | perception | perception | self-knowledge | self-knowledge | knowledge argument | knowledge argument | Chalmers | Chalmers | Nagel | Nagel | panprotopsychism | panprotopsychism | mysterianism | mysterianism | consciousness | consciousness | rene descartes | rene descartes | mind | mind | brain | brain | causal theory | causal theory | pain | pain | relief | relief | meaning | meaning | individualism | individualism | qualia | qualia | mind-body problem | mind-body problem | free will | free will

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1.4 From Galileo to Descartes

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Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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scepticism | descartes | meditations | philosophy | religion | aristotle | galileo | skepticism | astronomy | scepticism | descartes | meditations | philosophy | religion | aristotle | galileo | skepticism | astronomy

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2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1

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Part 2.1. A brief recap on the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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christianity | descartes | society | science | philosophy | religion | renaissance | aristotle | mathematics | astronomy | christianity | descartes | society | science | philosophy | religion | renaissance | aristotle | mathematics | astronomy

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4.1 Scepticism about the External World

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Part 4.1. Introduces the problem of how do we have knowledge of the world, how do we know what we perceive is in fact what is there? Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | horizontal scepticism | perception | vertical scepticism | skepticism | external world | epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | horizontal scepticism | perception | vertical scepticism | skepticism | external world

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4.2 Possible Answers to External World Scepticism

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Part 4.2. Investigates some of the possible solutions to Descartes' sceptical problem of the external world, looking at G.E Moore's response, among others, to the problem. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | reason | logic | skepticism | moore | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | reason | logic | skepticism | moore

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4.3 Cartesian Dualism

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Part 4.3. Introduces Descartes' idea of dualism, that there is a separation between the mind and the body, as well as some of the philosophical issues surrounding this idea. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | mind | truth | skepticism | dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | mind | truth | skepticism

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4.4 The Mind-Body Problem

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Part 4.4. Looks at some of the modern responses to Cartesian Dualism including Gilbert Ryle's and G. Strawson's responses to the idea. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | mind | ryle | truth | skepticism | strawson | dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | mind | ryle | truth | skepticism | strawson

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5.1 Introduction to Knowledge

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Part 5.1. Looks at the problem of knowledge; how can we know what we know, three types of knowledge and A J Ayer's two conditions for knowledge. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | ayer | skepticism | epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | ayer | skepticism

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5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief

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Part 5.4. Looks at the role the concept of knowledge plays in life, the different levels of knowledge we require in certain contexts and the return of scepticism over knowledge. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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epistemology | descartes | knowledge | gettier | philosophy | belief | truth | moore | putnam | epistemology | descartes | knowledge | gettier | philosophy | belief | truth | moore | putnam

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1.4 From Galileo to Descartes

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Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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scepticism | descartes | meditations | philosophy | religion | aristotle | galileo | skepticism | astronomy | scepticism | descartes | meditations | philosophy | religion | aristotle | galileo | skepticism | astronomy

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2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1

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Part 2.1. A brief recap on the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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christianity | descartes | society | science | philosophy | religion | renaissance | aristotle | mathematics | astronomy | christianity | descartes | society | science | philosophy | religion | renaissance | aristotle | mathematics | astronomy

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4.1 Scepticism about the External World

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Part 4.1. Introduces the problem of how do we have knowledge of the world, how do we know what we perceive is in fact what is there? Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | horizontal scepticism | perception | vertical scepticism | skepticism | external world | epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | horizontal scepticism | perception | vertical scepticism | skepticism | external world

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4.2 Possible Answers to External World Scepticism

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Part 4.2. Investigates some of the possible solutions to Descartes' sceptical problem of the external world, looking at G.E Moore's response, among others, to the problem. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | reason | logic | skepticism | moore | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | reason | logic | skepticism | moore

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4.3 Cartesian Dualism

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Part 4.3. Introduces Descartes' idea of dualism, that there is a separation between the mind and the body, as well as some of the philosophical issues surrounding this idea. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | mind | truth | skepticism | dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | meditations | philosophy | mind | truth | skepticism

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4.4 The Mind-Body Problem

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Part 4.4. Looks at some of the modern responses to Cartesian Dualism including Gilbert Ryle's and G. Strawson's responses to the idea. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | mind | ryle | truth | skepticism | strawson | dualism | body | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | mind | ryle | truth | skepticism | strawson

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5.1 Introduction to Knowledge

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Part 5.1. Looks at the problem of knowledge; how can we know what we know, three types of knowledge and A J Ayer's two conditions for knowledge. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | ayer | skepticism | epistemology | scepticism | descartes | knowledge | philosophy | ayer | skepticism

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5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief

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Part 5.4. Looks at the role the concept of knowledge plays in life, the different levels of knowledge we require in certain contexts and the return of scepticism over knowledge. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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epistemology | descartes | knowledge | gettier | philosophy | belief | truth | moore | putnam | epistemology | descartes | knowledge | gettier | philosophy | belief | truth | moore | putnam

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2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1

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Part 2.1. A brief recap on the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe.

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christianity | descartes | society | science | philosophy | religion | renaissance | aristotle | mathematics | astronomy | christianity | descartes | society | science | philosophy | religion | renaissance | aristotle | mathematics | astronomy

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Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

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This unit examines the philosophical questions surrounding the mind. You will examine how beliefs have changed over the centuries and be able to contrast the views of Descartes with more modern ideas.

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arts and history | beliefs | descartes | humanities | imagination | mental_phenomena | mind | philosophy | Education | X000

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Young

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orion | lm | moonwalk | johnyoung | lunarmodule | charlieduke | apollo16 | charlesduke | descarteshighlands

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General Philosophy

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A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise the 8-week General Philosophy course and were delivered in late 2009.

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simple-podcasting | tpi3 | philosophy | identity | locke | hume | mind | body | waismann | parfit | checked1 | reid | memory | ancestral relations | sorites argument | leibniz | millican | slides | powerpoint | free will | determinism | sentimentalism | freedom | moral responsibility | libertarianism | necessity | causal | freedom determinism | choice | hobbes | compatibalism | ethics | frankfurt | perception | realism | idealism | phenomenalism | austin | strawson | berkeley | knowledge | boyle | ayer | peception | dualism | descartes | scepticism | skepticism | truth | meditations | induction | experience | reason | reichenbach | mellor | primary qualities | secondary qualities | ideas | epistemology | belief | putnam | gettier | moore | infinite regress | ryle | kant | immanuel kant | history | david hume | 1 | malebranche | god | causation | empiricism | rationalism | human understanding | treatise | government | corpuscularian | corpuscles | mathematics | atoms | science | newton | gravity | physics | civil war | leviathan | materialism | aristotle | renaissance | astronomy | society | religion | christianity | galileo | plato | stoics | epicureans | middle ages | aquinas | ontology | logic | external world | vertical scepticism | horizontal scepticism | he - historical and philosophical studies | v500 | v380 | v511 | philosophical studies | V000

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Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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1.4 From Galileo to Descartes

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Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism.

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philosophy | descartes | meditations | galileo | scepticism | skepticism | religion | aristotle | astronomy | v500 | ukoer | philosophical studies | V000

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2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1

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Part 2.1. A brief recap of the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe.

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aristotle | descartes | renaissance | science | astronomy | philosophy | mathematics | society | religion | christianity | v500 | ukoer | philosophical studies | V000

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4.1 Scepticism about the External World

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Part 4.1. Introduces the problem of how do we have knowledge of the world, how do we know what we perceive is in fact what is there?

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philosophy | descartes | scepticism | skepticism | external world | vertical scepticism | meditations | horizontal scepticism | epistemology | knowledge | perception | v500 | ukoer | philosophical studies | V000

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