Ep. 398: Donald Davidson on Mind vs. Body (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast by Mark Linsenmayer

Aug 23, 202653:45Society & Culture

Continuing on Consciousness Explained (Ch. 5, 12). We talk about appearance vs. judgment and whether Dennett's denial of this distinction makes sense or just holds for very short time-scales, as in the phi-phenomenon exp...

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