Psychology
Video Lectures - Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines
Publisher: Teaching Company, 2005, 24pp, 1st ed.
The attempt to understand consciousness is the ultimate imperative in philosophical thought and stems from the ancient Greek aphorism, "know thyself." A simple statement, it nevertheless has vast ramifications for how we understand not only ourselves, but also the people around us. Questions about the nature of the mind are among the most hotly debated in philosophy today. Today, we are beginning to see the true complexity of this pursuit, as philosophers draw on the latest evidence from neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and other fields to probe still deeper into the inner workings of the mind.
Lectures
| 1. | The Dream, the Brain, and the Machine |
| 2. | The Mind-Body Problem |
| 3. | Brains and Minds, Parts and Wholes |
| 4. | The Inner Theater |
| 5. | Living in the Material World |
| 6. | A Functional Approach to the Mind |
| 7. | What Is It about Robots? |
| 8. | Body Image |
| 9. | Self-Identity and Other Minds |
| 10. | Perception—What Do You Really See? |
| 11. | Perception—Intentionality and Evolution |
| 12. | A Mind in the World |
| 13. | A History of Smart Machines |
| 14. | Intelligence and IQ |
| 15. | Artificial Intelligence |
| 16. | Brains and Computers |
| 17. | Attacks on Artificial Intelligence |
| 18. | Do We Have Free Will? |
| 19. | Seeing and Believing |
| 20. | Mysteries of Color |
| 21. | The Hard Problem of Consciousness |
| 22. | The Conscious Brain—2½ Physical Theories |
| 23. | The HOT Theory and Antitheories |
| 24. | What We Know and What We Don't Know |