Consciousness studies

Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience or awareness of internal and external existence. Despite millennia of analyses, definitions, explanations and debates by philosophers and scientists, consciousness remains puzzling and controversial, being "at once the most familiar and [also the] most mysterious aspect of our lives".

5 episodes

  1. Phenomenology

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.

    22 January 2015

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    Featuring: Simon Glendinning, Joanna Hodge, Stephen Mulhall

     
  2. Phenomenology

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.

    22 January 2015

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    Featuring: Simon Glendinning, Joanna Hodge, Stephen Mulhall

     
  3. 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

     
  4. 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

     
  5. William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience

    Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Ree, John Haldane and Gwen Griffith-Dickson discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

    13 May 2010

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    Featuring: Jonathan Rée, John Haldane, Gwen Griffith-Dickson