Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Consciousness, Metaphysics of mind

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PhilosophyConcepts in epistemologyOntologyConcepts in the philosophy of mindMental processesConcepts in the philosophy of scienceMetaphysical propertiesNeuropsychological assessmentNeuroscienceCognitionBaruch SpinozaDichotomiesHistory of psychologyPhenomenologyPhilosophical problemsTheory of mind

  1. Consciousness

    Melvyn Bragg examines why the elusiveness and impenetrability of consciousness continues to fascinate both philosophers and scientists. Is the human mind just not built to understand its own basis?

    25 November 1999

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    Featuring: Ted Honderich, Roger Penrose

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    PhilosophyConcepts in epistemologyOntologyConcepts in the philosophy of mindMental processesMetaphysical propertiesConcepts in the philosophy of scienceNeuropsychological assessmentTheory of mindPhenomenologyConsciousness, Metaphysics of mind

  2. The Mind/Body Problem

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of thought about the mind/body problem in philosophy. Does the mind rule the body or the body rule the mind? And where does the mind reside?

    13 January 2005

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    Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Julian Baggini, Sue James

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    PhilosophyNeuroscienceCognitionPhilosophical problemsBaruch SpinozaDichotomiesHistory of psychologyConsciousness, Metaphysics of mind