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Reading Philosophy is a podcast for everyone who is interested in philosophy, no matter how much they already know. We read and discuss full texts together, in detail. And we provide the necessary context to help everyone understand what is going on. You can also join live sessions of these readings on Discord: https://discord.gg/philosophy
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John Searle introduces the notion of intentionality as a key link between consciousness and causation. You can join future live sessions at https://discord.gg/philosophy
Show notesJohn Searle asks what the function of consciousness is, taking an evolutionary perspective. How or why has it evolved? And what might that tell us about its causal power? You can join future live sessions at
Show notesJohn Searle considers how his view differs from epiphenomenalism, which is the view that minds have no causal power over the body. He argues that such a view is not logically impossible, but believing that it is likely r
Show notesJohn Searle asks whether consciousness can be reduced to the underlying brain processes. Can we give a complete account of mental phenomena purely in terms biochemical activity? If not, why not? You can join future live
Show notesJohn Searle argues that we have to start with the facts we know and then we will be able to see how the mind fits in with science and metaphysics: consciousness is the higher level effect of lower level brain processes.
Show notesJohn Searle considers the incompatibility of dualism and materialism and argues that we should reject both, because they are based on faulty concepts. You can join future live sessions at https://d
Show notesJohn Searle lays out the three basic features that any theory of consciousness must account for. Conscious phenomena are inner, qualitative and ontologically subjective. Searle also rejects the idea that consciousness ca
Show notesAfter considering, and dismissing, various arguments against External Realism, John Searle asks if there is a positive case for it. He also considers how religion might factor into these questions of metaphysics and come
Show notesJohn Searle analysis a typical argument for skepticism of the external world. We also discuss naive realism and some aspects of empiricism. You can join future live sessions at https://discord.gg/phil
Show notesJohn Searle looks at four arguments against realism (the mind-independent existence of the external world), from perspectivism to underdetermination. He concludes that they are all weak or based on fallacies. You can joi
Show notesJohn Searle sets out the default positions of reality and truth, namely external realism (there is a mind-independent world) and the correspondence theory of truth. He muses about why so many influential philosophers hav
Show notesJohn Searle tells us how philosophy fits into his project to defend the Enlightenment Vision. He sets out a number of Default Positions that, according to him, most humans intuitively hold, like the mind-independent exis
Show notesStart of a new book: Mind, Language and Society by John Searle. Searle sets out his project, to defend the Enlightenment Vision against various 20th century anti-realist challenges like Freudian psychology, quantum mecha
Show notesThomas Hobbes and Bernard Mandeville believe that we act morally mainly out of self-interest. The only reason I don't break the law is because I don't want to get punished. Hume rejects this view in favour of an moral ph
Show notesDavid Hume takes on the moral debate of his day. He argues against moral rationalism that 'reason alone can never move us to action'. Instead, the passions are the source of our moral motivations. Hume also rejects claim
Show notesDavid Hume applies his skeptical method of definition to the ideas 'power' and 'necessary connection'. And he finds, again, that these ideas don't come from observation, but from the workings of our own mind. He goes on
Show notesDavid Hume critiques the Aristotelian notion of causation. We cannot prove causal connections by a priori reasoning. So our causal thinking has to come from somewhere else, namely our nature given instincts. This episode
Show notesDavid Hume fashions a new theory of mind, modelled on Newtonian science. This episode covers his basic views on feeling and thinking, simple and complex ideas, and the principles of association. You can join future live
Show notesThis is the beginning of a mini series on David Hume, one of the most important philosophers writing in English. Hume was one of the British Empiricists who sought to remake philosophy in the same way that Newton remade
Show notes"Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?" This episode gives Betrand Russell's answer to the question, laying out his theory of knowledge, with a chapter-by-chapter
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