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

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Aug 23, 202653:49Religion & Spirituality

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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