Philosophy for Representationalists - ABC listen Over four decades, the Gavin David Young Lectures in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide have become a very significant series with many distinguished contributors from across the globe..  This y...

Sun 1 Apr 2012

Philosophy for #Representationalists

#PerceptualExperiences represent the way things are. We can pass this information on in many ways, but most often pass it on using #words and #sentences.

- with #FrankJackson from #ANU

#Language #Representationalism

#ASPZE_Apr2012

Honourable intentions - ABC listen Human consciousness is intentional – it’s about something – but what is the relationship between my consciousness and the objects of which I’m conscious?  And, in particular, how does this work when t...

Sun 8 Apr 2012

Honourable intentions

Human #consciousness is intentional – it’s about something – but what is the relationship between my consciousness and the objects of which I’m conscious?

- with #FrankJackson ( #ANU )

#Physicalism #Representationalism
#KnowledgeArgument

#ASPZE_Apr2012

A Dangerous Method - ABC listen This week on the Philosopher’s Zone, we’re looking at a couple of people you might not think of as philosophers at all. One of them aspired to be a scientist of the mind.  The other, though, was some...

Sun 15 Apr 2012

A Dangerous Method

The film depicts #Jung and #Freud as they seek a common ground with the new method of #psychoanalysis.

- with clinical professor in psychiatric ethics #MichaelRobertson

#ADangerousMethod
#CarlGustavJung #SigmundFreud
#Akhenaten #TheSecondComing

#ASPZE_Apr2012

Sun 22 Apr 2012

The worst #argument in the world

Presented by two philosophical connoisseurs of bad argument: #PeterSlezak and #JamesFranklin

#ChineseRoom #zombie #homunculusFallacy #consciousness #Pascal’sWager #MonteCarloFallacy #nonSequitur #StAnselm #DavidStove

#ASPZE_Apr2012

The Problem of Evil - ABC listen The Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik argues that he killed to do good for his country. Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, displayed neither guilt nor hatred, cla...

Sun 29 Apr 2012

The Problem of Evil

How do we understand the problem of evil, an ancient philosophical conundrum?

- with #MichaelRobertson a professor in psychiatric ethics

#PhiloAgora #theodicy #DavidHume #empathy
#TheProblemOfEvil #psychopathy #narcissism #TheBanalityOfEvil #ASPZE_Apr2012