Society & Culture
https://youtu.be/MHzya7OXQ6o This episode introduces what the My Ghost in the Machine (Philosophy Podcast) is, and examines both the origins and meaning of the phrase "The Ghost in the Machine". Episode Summary ? 0:00:00 - 0:01:15 (Introduction) 0:01:15 - 0:08:00 (Purpose of Podcast) 0:08:00 - 0:29:05 (Descartes' Three Dreams) 0:29:05 - 0:35:57 (The Dream Doubt Argument) 0:35:57 - 0:38:10 (The Malevolent Demon Argument) 0:38:10 - 0:44:50 (The Brain in a Vat Thought Experiment) 0:44:50 - 0:48:25 (Are We Living in the Matrix?) 0:48:25 - 0:54:43 (I Think Therefore I Am/Cogito Ergo Sum) 0:54:43 - 0:55:55 (Cartesian Rationalism) 0:55:55 - 1:01:02 (Descartes' Mind/Body Dualism) 1:01:02 - 1:06:33 (The Pineal Gland, as the Location of the Human Soul?) 1:06:33 - 1:08:32 (Cartesian Rationalism as The Basis of Modern Science) 1:08:32 - 1:10:45 (The Most Disastrous Dream in the History of Europe) 1:10:45 - 1:15:02 (The Division Between Science and Religion) 1:15:02 - 1:17:20 (The Dogma of the Ghost in the Machine) 1:17:20 - 1:26:10 (Koestler's The Ghost in the Machine) 1:26:10 - 1:28:17 (My Ghost in the Machine) 1:28:17 - 1:30:00 (Outro) ——————————— Bumper music "plunderer" by Barradeen | https://soundcloud.com/barradeen ——————————— @My_Ghost_in_the_Machine (Instagram) https://myghostinthemachine.com ——————————— If you've read this far, and would like to support this podcast, one of the easiest ways through which you can do this is by leaving My Ghost in the Machine a review or comment wherever you get your podcasts from. Many thanks! A.J.E.