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For more from Jimbo visit his blog Jimbo Rants.

Jimbo is joined by Professor of Philosophy Nate Sheff to discuss the self. The conversation assumes a physicalist worldview. We gloss over dualism, but we do not explain, defend, or debate its merit. Click here for a great visual to help grasp dualism vs physicalism.

What would happen if you took a person's mind and put it into another person’s body? Listen to find out.



Freaky Friday Thought Experiment:

Take Person 1 (mind 1 and body 1) and swap them with Person 2 (mind 2 and body 2) and create Person 3 (mind 1 and body 2). Who is Person 3?

• Person 1- mind 1 and body 1
• Person 2- mind 2 and body 2
• Person 3- mind 1 and body 2

Terms Used in Podcast:

• Mind- the stuff producing mental phenomena, the brain and neurons.
• Body- what a 3 year old thinks minus the mind.
• Person- the mind and body.
• Self- something somewhere between deep and illusionary. Listen and let us know!
• Self consciousness
• Empiricism
• Physicalism
• Dualism

Recommended Reading:

• David Eagleman
• Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
• The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self by Anil Ananthaswamy
  
  

More from Jimbo at the following

• JimboRants (Blog)
• Goodreads Profile
• Twitter @jimbostank
• Poetry Blog
• Pilots and Petards Podcast (inactive)