Enactive cognition
2 episodes
Episodes in this category also belong to the following categories:
PhilosophyOntologistsExistentialistsPhilosophers of psychologyUniversity of Paris alumni20th-century French philosophersFrench political philosophersBurials at Père Lachaise CemeteryFormer Roman CatholicsFrench philosophers of educationFrench philosophers of scienceMarxist theoristsFrench male non-fiction writersFrench philosophers of cultureFrench socialistsPhenomenologistsÉcole Normale Supérieure alumniFrench epistemologistsFrench philosophers of artNeuroscienceAcademic staff of the Collège de FranceAction theoristsCognitionFrench humanistsLycée Louis-le-Grand alumniAcademic staff of the University of ParisBaruch SpinozaConsciousness, Metaphysics of mindDichotomiesFrench magazine foundersHistory of psychologyPhilosophical problems
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the insights of this French philosopher into the relationship between mind and body, the role of language in thought and the value of habits
27 March 2025
Featuring: Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, Thomas Baldwin, Timothy Mooney
PhilosophyAcademic staff of the Collège de FranceFrench magazine foundersFrench philosophers of educationFrench socialistsUniversity of Paris alumniFrench male non-fiction writersFrench philosophers of scienceFormer Roman CatholicsMarxist theoristsÉcole Normale Supérieure alumni20th-century French philosophersFrench political philosophersPhilosophers of psychologyAcademic staff of the University of ParisBurials at Père Lachaise CemeteryFrench philosophers of artFrench humanistsLycée Louis-le-Grand alumniEnactive cognitionOntologistsAction theoristsPhenomenologistsExistentialistsFrench epistemologistsFrench philosophers of culture20th centuryFrancePsychologyThe 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
Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Julian Baggini, Sue James