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Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein

8/7/2015 • 12 min

Paul Broks looks at the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the problem of "other minds". How do I know you are not a zombie who behaves like a human but actually has no consciousness? Even if you are conscious, how can I tell that what I experience as red, you do not experience as blue? I know what's going on in my own mind, but I can never have direct access t… Play episode

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Physicist Tara Shears on Falsification
Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony
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Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children
Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud
Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism
Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato
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Philosopher Timothy Secret on Ancestor Worship
Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Plato's Philosopher Kings
Economist Kate Barker on the Free Market
Historian Justin Champion on Toleration
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Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and Consciousness
Philosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the Mind
Writer AL Kennedy on Sartre and the Individual
Paul Broks on John Locke and Personal Identity
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Thomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience
Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Veil of Ignorance
Barrister Harry Potter on Deterrence
What Is Justice?
Ayn Rand and Selfishness
Naomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four Noble Truths
Justin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
Philosopher Jules Evans on Aristotle and Flourishing
How Do I Live a Good Life?
Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution
Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology
Historian Justin Champion on Francis Bacon
Writer Tom Chatfield: Has technology rewired our brains?
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Barry Smith on Noam Chomsky and Human Language
Catharine Edwards on Seneca and facing death.
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