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Colin McGinn on Descartes on Innate Knowledge

Where do our ideas come from? According to René Descartes at least some of them are innate, acquired indpendently of experience. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Colin McGinn explains why he thinks that Descartes' view of the mind has something to be said for it, particularly when combined with Leibniz's insight that innate ideas must be initially unconscious.

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Michael Tye on Pain

A range of philosophical questions arise from our experience of pain. Michael Tye explores some of these in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

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Galen Strawson on Panpsychism

Is there something that it is like to be an electron? That sounds implausible. Yet Galen Strawson believes this is the best explanation of how things are. Find out why.

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Listen to an earlier interview with Galen Strawson on the Sense of Self

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Neil Levy on Moral Responsibility and Consciousness

Does recent neuroscience undermine the idea that we can reasonably be held morally responsible for our actions? Neil Levy discusses the relationship between responsibility and consciousness in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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