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Tim Bayne on the Unity of Consciousness

Is our phenomenal experience unified? Philosopher of mind Tim Bayne investigates this tricky question in conversation with Nigel Warburton for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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Liane Young on Mind and Morality

An important aspect of understanding morality is accurate description of what happens when people make moral judgments. Nigel Warburton talks to psychologist and philosopher Liane Young about her experiments designed to shed light on moral intentions. 

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Daniel Dennett on Free Will Worth Wanting

Daniel C. Dennett discusses free will, moral responsibility, and the intentional stance in this wide-ranging Philosophy Bites interview with Nigel Warburton. 

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Pat Churchland on What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About Morality

Can science teach us anything about morality? Are facts and values two separate realms? Patricia Churchland discusses what neuroscience can teach us about morality in this episode which was originally released on Bioethics Bites. Bioethics Bites is made in association with the Uehiro Centre and with a grant from the Wellcome Institute.

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Listen to an earlier Philosophy Bites interview with Pat Churchland on Eliminative Materialism

  

Adina Roskies on Neuroscience and Free Will

Recent research in neuroscience following on from the pioneering work of Benjamin Libet seems to point to the disconcerting conclusion that free will is an illusion. Adina Roskies of Dartmouth College is not convinced that this conclusion follows. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast she explains to David Edmonds why the conclusion that free will is an illusion is far stronger than the evidence warrants.

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David Eagleman on Morality and the Brain

Should recent discoveries about the brain change our attitude to moral responsibility and culpability. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast neuroscientist David Eagleman argues that it should.

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