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Philosophy of mind : brains, consciousness, and thinking machines.
- Title
- Philosophy of mind : brains, consciousness, and thinking machines.
- Author
- Grim, Patrick.
- Publication
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, ©2008.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| guidebook | Moving image | Use in library | BD418.3 .S43 2008 guidebook | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Teaching Company.
- Description
- 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- A thorough exploration of what we know and don't know abut our mental functioning, Philosophy of Mind is an incomparable introduction to the various issues that revolve around the question of what, exactly, the mind is. It makes you think, evaluate your own opinions, and change your mind not a few times as you grapple with the endlessly interesting phenomena of mind.
- Series Statement
- Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history
- Uniform Title
- Great courses (DVD)
- Alternative Title
- Brains, consciousness, and thinking machines
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- lectures.
- Lectures.
- Conférences.
- Note
- 24 lectures (30 min. per lecture).
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Contents
- Part 1, Lecture 1. The dream, the brain, and the machine -- Lecture 2. The mind-body problem -- Lecture 3. Brains and minds, parts and wholes -- Lecture 4. The inner theater -- Lecture 5. Living in the material world -- Lecture 6. A functional approach to the mind -- Lecture 7. What is it about robots -- Lecture 8. Body image -- Lecture 9. Self-identity and other minds -- Lecture 10. Perception--what do you really see -- Lecture 11. Perception--intentionality and evolution -- Lecture 12. A mind in the world.
- Part 2, Lecture 13. A history of smart machines -- Lecture 14. Intelligence and IQ -- Lecture 15. Artificial intelligence -- Lecture 16. Brains and computers -- Lecture 17. Attacks on artificial intelligence -- Lecture 18. Do we have free will -- Lecture 19. Seeing and believing -- Lecture 20. Mysteries of color -- Lecture 21. The hard problem of consciousness -- Lecture 22. The conscious brain--2 1/2 physical theories -- Lecture 23. The HOT theory and antitheories -- Lecture 24. What we know and what we don't know.
- ISBN
- 9781598034240
- 1598034243
- OCLC
- ocn243465343
- 243465343
- SCSB-9586824
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library