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Philosophy Briefings

Mind and Body: Cartesian Dualism 

Dr Emily Thomas, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, asks whether we should be Cartesian dualists.

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Mind and Body: Functionalism 

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, asks 'what is functionalism?'.

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Mind and Body: Eliminative Materialism 

Anil Gomes, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, looks at a central topic in the philosophy of mind: eliminative materialism.

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Mind and Body: Is the Mental Identical with the Physical? 

Mihretu P. Guta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics at Biola University, looks at mind-body identity.

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Materialism and Consciousness: The ‘Mary’ Argument 

Patricia Churchland, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, looks at Frank Jackson's 'Mary Argument'.

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Materialism and Consciousness: The Case of Philosophical Zombies 

David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science at New York University and co-director of NYU’s Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, asks whether there exist philosophical zombies.

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Is There Anything Outside the Mind? 

Arif Ahmed, Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom of the Office for Students, and formerly Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, introduces the idealism of George Berkeley.

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Mind and Body: Property Dualism 

David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science at New York University and co-director of NYU’s Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, looks at property dualism.

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