The Examined Life is an international co-production created by INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications, the Educational Broadcasting Corporation TELEAC/NOT (The Netherlands), and Swedish Educational Broadcasting (Utbildnigsradion). Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Narrator, Franchelle Dorn.
Summary:
Examines how Descartes dualistic view has been subject to waves of attacks from materialism and modern-day proponents of artificial intelligence and neuroscience. The program features commentary by John Searle, Daniel Dennett, Paul Churchland, and other philosophers.
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