PHIL 1204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Physicalism

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Philosophy Notes The Final Frontier
Is space the final frontier?
- All of space is alike governed by the same laws
- What are the chances we could find anything recognizably intelligent
somewhere else?
- Churchland: not great
Why does the mind seem special?
- Conscious experience
- Thinking
- Free will
- Intelligent behavior
- Emotions
Descartes:
- What’s to discover?
- Mind is totally transparent to us
- Known by introspection
- Different from body
- Immaterial substance
- Biggest problems:
o How account for casual interaction?
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