Episode 23: Transhumanist Hot Tub (w Ken Williford)
Space Time Mind
English - February 15, 2015 13:02 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSociety & Culture Philosophy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Richard Brown takes a one-episode hiatus while Pete Mandik heads down to Texas to talk to philosopher Ken Williford. Pete and Ken discuss whether (1) it’s desirable for humans to transform themselves into something alien, (2) whether we or our brains are already alien to us, and (3) whether an “acquaintance relation” view of consciousness is consistent with physicalism.
Episode Notes and Links
Richard Brown takes a one-episode hiatus while Pete Mandik heads down to Texas to talk to philosopher Ken Williford. Pete and Ken discuss whether (1) it’s desirable for humans to transform themselves into something alien, (2) whether we or our brains are already alien to us, and (3) whether an “acquaintance relation” view of consciousness is consistent with physicalism.
Ken Williford - VIDEO: Meditation Neuroscience and Ethics Ken Williford - Representationalisms, Self-Acquaintance & Subjective CharacterKen Williford - Husserl’s Hyletic Data and Phenomenal ConsciousnessKen Williford - VIDEO: Mescaline & Jean-Paul Sartre’s Theory of ImaginationStanislaw Lem - His Master’s Voice Stanislaw Lem - Fiasco Philip Goff - Real Acquaintance and Physicalism
Pete and Ken on the road in Texas. October 2014.