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Exploring Philosophy - Audio

The Open University

Have you ever considered what being conscious actually means? By choosing to live in a particular state are you consenting to be subject to all its laws? For some there’s an assumption that philosophy might not be relevant to modern life but Dr. Nigel Warburton, senior lecturer in Philosophy at The Open University argues that many of us today are faced with philosophical questions such as these as we live our lives in the twenty first century. In this collection we ask academics to discuss these questions in addition to other important philosophical issues and concepts such as the morality of abortions and the reconciling a world with evil and a good God.

This material forms part of The Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy.

  • 22 episodes
  • Updated Jun 13, 2011

Episodes22

  • Jun 13, 2011 · 13 min

    Cartesian dualism

    Dualism suggests that human beings are made of two independent substances, the mind and the body.

  • Jun 13, 2011

    Transcript -- Cartesian dualism

    Transcript -- Dualism suggests that human beings are made of two independent substances, the mind and the body.