The neuroscience of consciousness | Patricia Churchland

Philosophy For Our Times

English - July 06, 2021 09:30 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratings
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Is consciousness all in the brain after all? Listen to find out!

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Have you ever made a decision and wondered why you made it? Or wondered where your morality comes from? Renowned philosopher of mind and founder of Neurophilosophy Patricia Churchland takes us on a journey into the brain, the nature and data of morality and the origins of nonconscious decision-making.

Patricia Churchland is a the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy. A pioneer of eliminative materialism, Patricia heralds a radically different way to understand the brain, arguing that ideas like pure morality and reason will eventually be abandoned in favour of a purely scientific view of the human mind.

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