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Thought and Experience - Audio

The Open Universitywww3.open.ac.uk
This album contains fascinating and engrossing interviews with several leading philosophers concerning, primarily, the exploration of four topics: emotion; thought and language; imagination and creativity; consciousness. The interviews contain lively debates from differing philosophical viewpoints, discussions about theoretical thought experiments and the examination of theories developed by philosophers such as Aristotle, Decartes, Galileo, and Hume as well as predictions regarding the future of philosophy. This material forms part of the course AA308 Thought and experience.
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Episodes

A contemporary study of emotions

An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality.

Feb 26, 200923 min

Transcript -- A contemporary study of emotions

Transcript -- An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality.

Feb 26, 2009

The Gricean Program

A detailed discussion by Dr Barry Smith about the Gricean Program and the meaning of linguistic expression in terms of the content of people’s psychological states, their beliefs and intentions

Feb 26, 200913 min

Transcript -- The Gricean Program

Transcript -- A detailed discussion by Dr Barry Smith about the Gricean Program and the meaning of linguistic expression in terms of the content of people’s psychological states, their beliefs and intentions

Feb 26, 2009

Thought experiments in philosophy

A detailed discussion with Dr Barry Smith and Professor Tim Crane about thought experiments, their implications for language and for thought and the legitimacy of their use in philosophy

Feb 26, 200920 min

Transcript -- Thought experiments in philosophy

Transcript -- A detailed discussion with Dr Barry Smith and Professor Tim Crane about thought experiments, their implications for language and for thought and the legitimacy of their use in philosophy

Feb 26, 2009

Defining Creativity

A detailed definition of creativity given by Professor Margaret Boden including her understanding of creativity and the role of computational psychology in helping to understand creativity

Feb 26, 200914 min

Transcript -- Defining Creativity

Transcript -- A detailed definition of creativity given by Professor Margaret Boden including her understanding of creativity and the role of computational psychology in helping to understand creativity

Feb 26, 2009

Four “Lovelace” questions

A detailed discussion with Professor Margaret Boden about the relationship between computers and creativity in terms of four 'Lovelace' questions

Feb 26, 200911 min

The relationship between imagination and creativity

A philosophical dialogue between Mike Beaney and Berys Gaut concerning Gaut's views on imagination, his definition of creativity and his view of the relationship between creativity and imagination

Feb 26, 200925 min

The hard problem of consciousness

An interview with leading philosopher Professor David Chalmers discussing his articulation of the 'hard problem' of consciousness and his defense of a property dualist position

Feb 26, 200935 min

Transcript -- The hard problem of consciousness

Transcript -- An interview with leading philosopher Professor David Chalmers discussing his articulation of the 'hard problem' of consciousness and his defense of a property dualist position

Feb 26, 2009

Consciousness Explained

An interview with leading philosopher Professor Daniel Dennett focusing on the issues surrounding intentionality and consciousness and his belief that consciousness can be scientifically explained

Feb 26, 200938 min

Transcript -- Consciousness Explained

Transcript -- An interview with leading philosopher Professor Daniel Dennett focusing on the issues surrounding intentionality and consciousness and his belief that consciousness can be scientifically explained

Feb 26, 2009
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