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If the physical world is complete and self-sufficient (as most philosophers believe), then mind cannot influence anything. The podcast episode is about how to defend mental causality.
Moderator — Artem Besedin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University, Research Associate of Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies
Guest — Anton Kuznetsov, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University, Research Associate of Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies
Timecode:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - What is the problem of mental causality
03:55 - The problem of exclusion: how to reconcile the influence of mind with the completeness of the physical world and physiology
07:17 - Epiphenomenalism: consciousness does not affect anything.
10:37 - Eliminativism: there is no consciousness
11:30 - Materialism best solves the problem of mental causality. The causal argument
13:50 - The Kingdom of causes and explanatory autonomy
15:46 - When materialism is suddenly compatible with everything
17:39 - Descartes' Revenge. There are no layers in the picture of existence
23:00 - Why should we accept the completeness of the physical
28:55 - Reflexive balance and magic
31:05 - What about sports?
36:00 - Heterogeneity of the kingdom of causes and competition between them
39:40 - Phenomenal consciousness. Pieces of consciousness
43:00 - Why panpsychism does not answer the problem of mental causality
47:10 - An excited state in front of the counter. Dualistic quietism
48:20 - How to become a great philosopher
49:03 - The Result. Causal inclusivity
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