TTC - Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines

TTC - Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines: "

TTC - Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines

Course No. 4278 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) | DX50 640x480 29fps | MP3 96Kbps 32Khz | 8.2Gb

Taught by Patrick Grim | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Ph.D., Boston University

Nothing in the universe is more mysterious than the inner workings of the human mind.



* Do other people have a mind like yours and, if so, how do you know?

* Is your mind something distinct from your body, or do ordinary physiological processes produce minds?

* Can a machine have a mind?

* What is consciousness?

* Do you have free will?

* Is everything you are now experiencing actually happening, or is that an elaborate illusion created by the mind?
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Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather

Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather: "

Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather

Course No. 1796 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) | English | XVID 640x480 29fps | MP3 128Kbps 48Khz | 4.51Gb

Taught by Robert G. Fovell | University of California, Los Angeles | Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Famed physicist Richard Feynman once said, "Anyone who has been in a thunderstorm has enjoyed it, or has been frightened by it, or at least has had some emotion. And in those places in nature where we get an emotion, we find there is generally a corresponding complexity and mystery about it.""