Publication
Imprint: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., 2007. Responsibility: Daniel N. Robinson (Author, Speaker). OCLC Number: 123026195. Language: In English. Physical: 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (67 pages ; 22 cm).
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
ISBN
1598032992 / 9781598032994
Original publication date
2007
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CSS Library Notes
Description: Twelve 30-minute lectures by Oxford University Professor Daniel N. Robinson on consciousness from the perspective of the philosopher, the psychologist, the scientist, and the doctor.
Distinguished philosopher, psychologist, and award-winning Professor Daniel N. Robinson explores fascinating questions about human consciousness. Robinson probes the depths of this mysterious subject from the perspective of the philosopher, the psychologist, the scientist, and the doctor. A master storyteller, the professor brings this riveting topic to life with real-world examples and striking anecdotes about smart computers, sleepwalkers, comatose patients, zombies, and more.
Contents: lecture 1. Zombies -- lecture 2. Self-consciousness -- lecture 3. "Problem" of consciousness -- lecture 4. Explanatory gap -- lecture 5. Mental causation -- lecture 6. Other minds -- lecture 7. Physicalism refined -- lecture 8. Consciousness and physics -- lecture 9. Qualia and the "Mary" problem -- lecture 10. Do computers play chess? -- lecture 11. Autism, obsession, and compulsion -- lecture 12. Consciousness and the end of mental life.
FY2023 / jvsn
Distinguished philosopher, psychologist, and award-winning Professor Daniel N. Robinson explores fascinating questions about human consciousness. Robinson probes the depths of this mysterious subject from the perspective of the philosopher, the psychologist, the scientist, and the doctor. A master storyteller, the professor brings this riveting topic to life with real-world examples and striking anecdotes about smart computers, sleepwalkers, comatose patients, zombies, and more.
Contents: lecture 1. Zombies -- lecture 2. Self-consciousness -- lecture 3. "Problem" of consciousness -- lecture 4. Explanatory gap -- lecture 5. Mental causation -- lecture 6. Other minds -- lecture 7. Physicalism refined -- lecture 8. Consciousness and physics -- lecture 9. Qualia and the "Mary" problem -- lecture 10. Do computers play chess? -- lecture 11. Autism, obsession, and compulsion -- lecture 12. Consciousness and the end of mental life.
FY2023 / jvsn
Physical description
67 p.; 22 cm
Description
Twelve 30-minute lectures by Oxford University Professor Daniel N. Robinson on consciousness from the perspective of the philosopher, the psychologist, the scientist, and the doctor.
Language
Original language
English