Thought and Experience - Audio

This album contains fascinating and engrossing interviews with several leading philosophers concerning, primarily, the exploration of four topics: emotion; thought and language; imagination and creativity; consciousness. The interviews contain lively debates from differing philosophical viewpoints, discussions about theoretical thought experiments and the examination of theories developed by philosophers such as Aristotle, Decartes, Galileo, and Hume as well as predictions regarding the future of philosophy. This material forms part of the course AA308 Thought and experience.

  • 48 seconds
    Thought and Experience
    A short introduction to this album
    8 March 2010, 3:08 am
  • Transcript -- Thought and Experience
    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album
    8 March 2010, 3:08 am
  • 28 minutes 30 seconds
    Origins of the modern concept of mind
    A detailed discussion about the Aristotelian concept of the soul and the Cartesian concept of the mind by Susan James
    26 February 2009, 11:27 pm
  • Transcript -- Origins of the modern concept of mind
    Transcript -- A detailed discussion about the Aristotelian concept of the soul and the Cartesian concept of the mind by Susan James
    26 February 2009, 11:27 pm
  • 29 minutes 55 seconds
    Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind
    A detailed discussion about various approaches to contemporary philosophy of mind focusing on the computational view
    26 February 2009, 11:26 pm
  • Transcript -- Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind
    Transcript -- A detailed discussion about various approaches to contemporary philosophy of mind focusing on the computational view
    26 February 2009, 11:26 pm
  • 30 minutes 29 seconds
    Ancient philosophers' views on emotions
    A detailed discussion with Professor Richard Sorabji about the Stoics views of emotions in contrast to the Aristotelians views
    26 February 2009, 11:25 pm
  • Transcript -- Ancient philosophers' views on emotions
    Transcript -- A detailed discussion with Professor Richard Sorabji about the Stoics views of emotions in contrast to the Aristotelians views
    26 February 2009, 11:25 pm
  • 22 minutes 33 seconds
    A contemporary study of emotions
    An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality.
    26 February 2009, 11:24 pm
  • Transcript -- A contemporary study of emotions
    Transcript -- An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality.
    26 February 2009, 11:24 pm
  • 13 minutes 11 seconds
    The Gricean Program
    A detailed discussion by Dr Barry Smith about the Gricean Program and the meaning of linguistic expression in terms of the content of people’s psychological states, their beliefs and intentions
    26 February 2009, 11:23 pm
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