Rescuing the Self from the Philosophers | Raymond Tallis

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Quote:Raymond Tallis is Professor Emeritus of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He is a philosopher, poet, novelist, cultural critic, and a retired physician and clinical neuroscientist. He trained in medicine at Oxford University and at St Thomas’ in London and has 4 honorary degrees: DLitt (Hull, 1997) and Litt.D. (Manchester, 2001) for contributions to the humanities; and DSc (St George’s Hospital Medical School, 2015; University of East Anglia, 2017) for contributions to medicine. He was an editor and major contributor to two key textbooks in the field, The Clinical Neurology of Old Age and Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and author of over 200 original scientific articles, including papers in Nature Medicine, Brain, Lancet. He has published fiction, poetry, and over 30 books on the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, and literary and cultural criticism.

Lecture Title: "Rescuing the Self from the Philosophers"

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'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

- Bertrand Russell


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Quote:TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Ontological Agnosticism re: the Mind-Body dichotomy
7:07
- Philosophers who have influenced Raymond
10:00
- Nature of Time
16:43
- Nature of Reality
22:15 - Scientism & Psychiatry
29:17 - Consciousness & Intentionality
39:47 - Determinism, Laplace's demon & Benjamin Libet
47:44 - Compatibilism & Free Will
58:09 - Animal Consciousness
1:04:25 - Artificial Intelligence
1:10:38 - Religion & Humanism
1:16:40
- Extraterrestrial Minds
1:19:07 - Advice for Young Naturalists
1:22:45
- Philosophy/Book Recommendations
1:26:38 - Raymond's Book "Freedom: An Impossible Reality"
1:31:51
- Quantum Consciousness, Panpsychism, Illusionism
1:37:55
- Conclusion
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

- Bertrand Russell


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