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S1 AFL. 1 - Mind, Body, and Questions of Consciousness
5 januari 201732min.The 3.5 pounds of gray matter in your skull processes all the information you need to live and thrive - from the functioning of your physical body to your relationships with loved ones. But how can the physical matter of the brain create the subjective experience of your life? That is the mind-body problem.#Music, Philosophy & ReligionGratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 2 - Mind and Body in Greek Philosophy
5 januari 201731min.Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years: exactly how are we related to the world around us? Learn what modern Western thought inherited from the Greeks and how the theories of Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle still affect our thinking and questioning today.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 3 - Eastern Perspectives on Mind and Body
5 januari 201731min.Western philosophers want to understand how the physical brain produces the reality of subjective experience. But Hindu and Buddhist traditions don't recognize that same dualism. Unlike the Western attempt to discover the truth of how things are, Eastern philosophy takes a more practical line of inquiry, examining how to best live.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 4 - Using the Body to Shape the Mind
5 januari 201732min.We tend to think of the mind being in charge of, and giving instructions to, the body. But is it possible for the body to direct the mind? Learn how the Eastern practical disciplines of yoga and meditation and Western habits of physical exercise can affect the brain and the mind.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 5 - History of the Soul
5 januari 201732min.While the concept of the soul has been of great philosophical importance over the millennia, it is not addressed by contemporary brain science or philosophy of the mind. Learn why William James encouraged people to believe in the soul if they wanted to, but "exiled" the subject from the concerns of modern psychology.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 6 - How Descartes Divided Mental from Physical
5 januari 201731min.How can you know with absolute certainty that you exist? Rene Descartes famously answered: "I think; therefore I am." He also suggested a complete split between the mind and the physical body. The vast and sharply divided responses to Descartes' dualism still influence the ways in which we address the mind-body problem today.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 7 - Mistakes about Our Own Consciousness
5 januari 201729min.One thing we know we can count on is the validity of our everyday experiences. After all, we know what we see, hear, feel, and think on a daily basis, right? You'll be surprised to learn how wrong we can be even about the realm of experience itself and our own everyday consciousness.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 8 - Strange Cases of Consciousness
5 januari 201730min.The study of individuals with unusual brains - e.g., those with split brains, color-blindness, face-blindness, synesthesia - has revealed brain modularity, differentiation, blending, and other mechanisms of consciousness. Do we really see with our eyes? Learn how the brain's organization affects even our most basic perception of the world around us.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 9 - Altered States of Consciousness
5 januari 201732min.Learn what dreams, lucid dreams, hallucinations, and other altered states teach us about brain structure and function. Why do so many hallucinations include the same geometric shapes? And after thousands of years of inquiry, do we finally understand the purpose of our dreams? Do dreams help us remember - or forget?Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 10 - Memory, Mind, and Brain
5 januari 201731min.Philosopher John Locke suggested it is your continuous sequence of memories that allows you to be "you." But what is memory and how is it related to our emotions and dreams? Learn about the many different ways in which the brain stores the information we later retrieve and experience as memory.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 11 - Self-Consciousness and the Self
5 januari 201731min.Throughout the centuries, philosophers and scientists have tried to come to a definitive understanding of the self and self-consciousness - and failed. The exciting intellectual journey through these theories and experiments will lead you to a new way of seeing yourself and the world around you.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 12 - Rival Psychologies of the Mind
5 januari 201733min.William James, Sigmund Freud, and Wilhelm Wundt all aimed for a science of consciousness in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, differing significantly in ideas and methodology. Learn why Wundt left the strongest mark on contemporary psychology, with the neuroscience revolution of the early 21st century picking up where he left off.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 13 - The Enigma of Free Will
5 januari 201730min.Our daily experiences tell us we are acting with a free will. But you'll be surprised to learn what quantum mechanics and the latest studies in readiness potential reveal about our decision making. Is it possible that scientific inquiry is just not germane to the ongoing philosophical conundrum of free will and determinism?Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 14 - Emotions: Where Mind and Body Meet
5 januari 201731min.We all know emotions can affect the body - e.g., heart-pounding fear, tears of joy. But can the physical body affect emotions as well? And could emotions be a requirement for rationality itself? You'll be surprised by the latest research on the very complex relationships between body, mind, and emotions.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 15 - Could a Machine Be Conscious?
5 januari 201731min.Twentieth-century mathematicians Alan Turing and Ludwig Wittgenstein both asked: "Could machines think?" Learn how they addressed the complex concepts of language, thinking, intelligence, and consciousness. All contemporary computers and the fields of artificial intelligence and neural networks trace their origin to Turing. But Wittgenstein seems to have the last word.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 16 - Computational Approaches to the Mind
5 januari 201732min.Since the development of computers, philosophers and scientists have wondered what we could learn about our own intelligence by building intelligent machines. What would a deeper understanding of computerized information processing teach us about the brain? Learn how these lines of inquiry have led to revelations about the differences between mind and machine.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 17 - A Guided Tour of the Brain
5 januari 201730min.We've made great strides in understanding the workings of the human brain - from our hundred billion neurons and trillions of synapses, to more than fifty neurotransmitters. We've mapped the brain and described each part's functions, evolutionary history, and methods of processing information. What have we not "found?" Consciousness.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 18 - Thinking Body and Extended Mind
5 januari 201730min.We believe our thinking occurs in our head. But that's not entirely correct. In some cases, cognition requires the mind and the body. Learn how the autonomic, sympathetic, and enteric nervous systems are linked to the brain, integrated into the body, and even connected to the outside world.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 19 - Francis Crick and Binding in the Brain
5 januari 201732min.After co-discovering the structure of DNA, Francis Crick turned his research attention to mind-body issues. He believed in an underlying physical structure of consciousness. Was he correct? Learn about Crick's spatial and temporal hypotheses, the binding problem, and the reasons he pinned his research hopes on the brain's claustrum.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 20 - Clues on Consciousness from Anesthesiology
5 januari 201730min.Is it possible to be certain that an anesthetized patient who seems to be unconscious during surgery really feels no pain? Our current knowledge of the brain, anesthetics, and consciousness at the physiological level, lead us to believe in the possibility of building a "consciousness monitor." But would even that answer the question?Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 21 - Of Mind, Materialism, and Zombies
5 januari 201731min.Distinguished philosophers and scientists have put forth their theories about the mind, brain, and consciousness. But each of us has our own views, too. "Zombie thought experiments" can help identify and clarify your personal views. Are you a materialist, a reductionist, an anti-behaviorist, a dualist? Find out with the aid of your zombie scorecard.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 22 - Thought Experiments against Materialism
5 januari 201730min.Physicists and philosophers have relied on thought experiments for thousands of years. But how can we know that the conclusions of thought experiments are correct? Learn what Leibniz' "giant head" and Searle's "Chinese room" can tell us about materialism - and about the potential limits of our own imaginations.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 23 - Consciousness and the Explanatory Gap
5 januari 201731min.What is consciousness? Some scientists describe it as a result of emergence, much as "wet" emerges from a particular combination of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Others propose that neuroscience will answer the question - or already has. But is it possible that the human mind will never be able to fully understand its own consciousness?Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 24 - A Philosophical Science of Consciousness?
5 januari 201735min.If the fields of brain science, philosophy, and artificial intelligence alone cannot adequately explain the relationship between body, mind, and consciousness, where should we look for answers? Explore an exciting step-by-step approach that could lead to a richer understanding of the process of consciousness and its evolutionary benefit.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopen