Thought Experiments against Materialism

Streaming video - 2017

Physicists and philosophers have relied on thought experiments for thousands of years. But how can we know that the conclusions of thought experiments are correct? Learn what Leibniz' "giant head" and Searle's "Chinese room" can tell us about materialism - and about the potential limits of our own imaginations.

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[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2017.
2018.
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English
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A Kanopy streaming video
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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00:30:24
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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