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Philosophy of mind [sound recording] / by Pessin, Andrew,1962-; Recorded Books, LLC.;

Includes bibliographical references (guide)Mind and body -- Dualism -- Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the science of the mind -- The identity theory -- Functionalism -- Computer minds -- Mind-body causation, Part I -- What are thoughts? -- The language of thoughts -- Theories of meaning -- Consciousness and the physical world, Part I -- Consciousness and the physical world, Part II -- Mind-body causation, Part II -- Eliminativism.Lecture given by Andrew Pessin.The nature of the mind lies at the heart of the eternal human quest for understanding. What does it mean to think? What is the relation between mind and body, and where do we draw the line between "physical" and "mental"? With an enthusiastic and scholarly approach, Professor Andrew Pessin of Connecticut College addresses these and other questions, including a studied look at beliefs, consciousness, groundbreaking thought experiments, and whether or not computers can ever truly think.Compact disc.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Philosophy of mind.;

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Uncommon sense : the strangest ideas from the smartest philosophers / by Pessin, Andrew,1962-(CARDINAL)389594;

Includes bibliographical references and index."In Uncommon Sense, Andrew Pessin leads us on an entertaining tour of philosophy, explaining the pivotal moments when the greatest minds solved some of the knottiest conundrums--by asserting some very strange things. But the great philosophers don't merely make unusual claims, they offer powerful arguments for those claims that you can't easily dismiss. And these arguments suggest that the world is much stranger than you could have imagined: You neither will, nor won't, do certain things in the future, like wear your blue shirt tomorrow ; But your blue shirt isn't really blue, because colors don't exist in physical objects; they're only in your mind ; Time is an illusion ; Your thoughts are not inside your head ; Everything you believe about morality is false ; Animals don't have minds ; There is no physical world at all. In eighteen lively, intelligent chapters, spanning the ancient Greeks and contemporary thinkers, Pessin examines the most unusual ideas, how they have influenced the course of Western thought, and why, despite being so odd, they just might be correct. Here is popular philosophy at its finest, sure to entertain as it enlightens."--Publisher's website.

Subjects: Philosophers.; Philosophy;

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The Jewish God question : what Jewish thinkers have said about God, the Book, the People, and the Land / by Pessin, Andrew,1962-author.(CARDINAL)389594;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: Philo -- Ibn Daud (c. 20 B.C.E. -- 1180 C.E.) -- Part II: Maimonides -- Sforno (1135 -- c. 1550) -- Part III: Spinoza -- Pinsker (1632 -- 1891) -- Part IV: Herzl -- Lebens (1860 -- ) -- Afterword: Jewish philosophy: past, present, and future?"This book shares what a diverse array of Jewish thinkers have said about the interrelated questions of God, the Book, the Jewish people, and the Land of Israel. Accessible chapters present fascinating insights from ancient times to today, from Philo to Judith Plaskow. An intriguing and provocative book for readers wrestling with big questions"--

Subjects: Bible.; Jewish philosophy; God (Judaism); Judaism;

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