The Philosophy of Mind, 1 : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

I discuss briefly several standard problems in the philosophy of mind as a prelude to trying to solve them: How does mind act on matter? Can we have a morally responsible free will? Why did consciousness evolve? Postscript on "Vast chemical reacti...

13.7: Cosmos And Culture The Philosophy of Mind, 1 March 8, 2010 12:23 AM ET By Stuart Kauffman My purpose in the next several posts is to begin to explore major issues in the Philosophy of Mind. My hope is that it may be possible to bring to bear material from past posts to help resolve deep issues that have been with us at least since Descartes, in 1650. To do so, we need a brief outline of these issues. Descartes famously postulated two kinds of "substance" in the universe, res extensa and res cogitans. Res extensa is, roughly the physical world. Res cogitans is, roughly, mind and conscious

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