GE CLST 73A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tom Stoppard, David Chalmers, Naturphilosophie
23 Feb 2017
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When king lear loses everything, he gains compassion as opposed to when he had everything. Shakespeare - 3 ventricles contain reason, memory, imagination (brain vs brains) Buchner - naturphilosophie: a part is never isolated. Less perfect to more perfect ways of understanding. Variety of points of view that relate to brain and consciousness. Implications of holding these views in people"s lives. Question of consciousness - understanding how metaphors work. Without consciousness, you can"t raise question of where our values come from. Monism: (matter matters) physical properties of our brains are the properties of consciousness. Evo-bio version: everything comes down to biology . In the play, spike has this point of view. If you want a tip, don"t cite works of fiction . What things are made out of is not essential. Accounting machine can be made of metal or cells, what matters is that it counts. Applies to work in a neuroscience institute to solve issues regarding the.
