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David Papineau on Physicalism
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Aug 7, 2007
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Podcast episode
Description
Are all our thoughts simply physical events in our bodies? Can we give a purely physical account of the conscious human mind? David Papineau believes that we can. In this interview for Philosophy Bites he explains what physicalism is, why he believes it to be true, and how it can be defended against a range of criticisms.
Released:
Aug 7, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
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