Tim Crane on Mind and Body

Philosophy Bites

Nigel Warburton

Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2007

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

What is the mind and how does it relate to our bodies? How can something physical think? These are fundamental questions in the philosophy of mind. Tim Crane addresses these difficult issues in this interview for Philosophy Bites.

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0:00.0	This is how
0:02.0	This is Philosophy Bites with me David Edmonds
0:05.0	And me Nigel Warburton.
0:07.0	Philosophy Bites is available at
0:09.0	W.w.
0:10.0	Philosophy Bites.com
0:12.0	The central issue in the philosophy of mind is how the mind interacts with the body.
0:17.0	dualists maintain that the mind and the body are quite distinct.
0:21.0	In the last century, the Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle ridiculed dualism by evoking
0:26.3	an image of the mysterious ghost in the machine.
0:29.5	How could this ghost move arms and legs?
0:32.4	But other philosophers such as Thomas Nagel in an
0:34.6	oft quoted article what is it like to be a bat have questioned whether the mind
0:38.9	can be reduced to the purely physical. The difficulty is accounting for subjective experience.
0:45.0	Could the solution to the mind-body problem lie with scientists?
0:49.0	After all, our understanding of the brain is expanding all the time.
0:53.0	Could neurologists eventually discover how the mind influences the body?
0:58.0	Tim Crane, a leading authority in the philosophy of mind thinks not.
1:03.0	Tim Crane, welcome to Philosophy Bites.
1:06.0	Hi, Nigel.
1:07.0	Now, the topic we want to focus on today is mind and body, the relationship between the two.
1:12.0	We all know what the body is, but could you say a little
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