Name: Mind-Body Philosophy
Released: 2017-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Patrick Grim

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Discovering the connection between mind and body; exploring how the physical brain creates the subjective experience of reality; award-winning Professor Patrick Grim explores the meaning of consciousness.

Documentary · 2017 · 32 min

Starring Patrick Grim

EPISODE 1

Mind, Body, and Questions of Consciousness

The 3.5 pounds of gray matter in the skull processes all the information from the functioning of the physical body to the relationships with loved ones; exploring how the physical matter of the brain creates the subjective experience of life.

32 min · 1 June 2020
EPISODE 2

Mind and Body in Greek Philosophy

Exploring how humans are related to the world around them; learning the modern Western thought inherited from the Greeks; exploring how the theories of Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle still affect human thinking.

30 min · 1 June 2020
EPISODE 3

Eastern Perspectives on Mind and Body

Exploring the difference between Western and Eastern philosophies; while the Western attempt to discover the truth of how things are, Eastern philosophy takes a more practical line of inquiry, examining how to best live.

31 min · 1 June 2020
EPISODE 4

Using the Body to Shape the Mind

Exploring how the body can direct the mind; learning how the Eastern practical disciplines of yoga and meditation, and Western habits of physical exercise can affect the brain and the mind.

32 min · 1 June 2020
EPISODE 5

History of the Soul

The concept of the soul remains unaddressed by contemporary brain science; exploring why William James encouraged people to believe in the soul if they wanted to, but "exiled" the subject from the concerns of modern psychology.

32 min · 1 June 2020
EPISODE 6

How Descartes Divided Mental from Physical

Rene Descartes suggested a complete split between the mind and the physical body; exploring how the vast and sharply divided responses to Descartes' dualism still influence the ways in which people address the mind-body problem today.

30 min · 1 June 2020

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