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Discussion surrounding the question, “What is real?” at the Moving Naturalism Forward workshop, October 2012. Participants include Sean Carroll, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, Terrence Deacon, Simon DeDeo, Daniel Dennett, Owen Flangan, Rebecca Goldstein, Janna Levin, David Poeppel, Massimo Pigliucci, Nicholas Pritzker, Alex Rosenberg, Don Ross, and Steven Weinberg. Visit https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/.… more information.

Discussion at the Moving Naturalism Forward workshop, October 2012. Participants include Sean Carroll, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, Terrence Deacon, Simon DeDeo, Daniel Dennett, Owen Flangan, Rebecca Goldstein, Janna Levin, David Poeppel, Massimo Pigliucci, Nicholas Pritzker, Alex Rosenberg, Don Ross, and Steven Weinberg.

Visit https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/.… for more information.

Keith Frankish is an Honorary Reader at the University of Sheffield, UK, a Visiting Research Fellow with The Open University, UK, and an Adjunct Professor with the Brain and Mind Programme at the University of Crete. He specializes in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science. His books include Illusionism: As a Theory of Consciousness, Consciousness: the Basics, and Consciousness.

/ friction.
/ discord.
/ frictionphilo.

00:00 — Introduction.
01:29 — René Descartes.
08:40 — Illusionism vs. eliminativism.
12:50 — Behaviorism.
15:22 — Perceptions vs. qualia.
17:35 — Color perception.
24:15 — Illusion for whom?
30:39 — Explaining the illusion.
43:44 — Identity theorist response?
50:13 — Diet qualia.
52:06 — Demonstratives and recognitional concepts.
56:53 — Physicalism and illusionism.
1:00:29 — Conceivability and possibility.
1:10:50 — Weakening acquaintance.
1:14:20 — Functionalism.
1:19:17 — Daniel Dennett.
1:23:03 — Mary’s room.
1:29:35 — Conclusion.

Possibilities by Jay Someday / jaysomeday

In this interview, I talk with Dr. Graham Oppy about his understanding of metaphysical naturalism. He defends the thesis that natural reality is coextensive with causal reality such that there are no causal entities that are non-natural.

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Eliminativism is a radical philosophical theory that holds that certain folk psychological concepts, such as beliefs, desires, and emotions, do not exist. Eliminativists argue that these concepts are either false or useless, and that we should eliminate them from our scientific and philosophical vocabulary.

This video will explore the philosophy of eliminativism in detail. We will discuss the arguments for and against eliminativism, as well as the implications of eliminativism for our understanding of the mind.