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Am I my mind?

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Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education
Prof. Iain McGilchrist, whilst agreeing with Tallis that we are not our brains argues that we can learn a great deal about our culture by learning more about our brain. In particular we should recognise we have two hemispheres, each with a different funct

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Prof. Raymond Tallis argues that extraordinary claims have been made for neurophysiology. For example it has been said that a person is nothing but his or her brain. Professor Raymond Tallis rejects this ‘neuromania’. He shows why it is attractive, but al
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Episode Information

Series
Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education
People
Iain McGilchrist
Keywords
philosophy
mind
hemisphere
Tallis
McGilchrist
brain
neurophysiology
personhood
culture
neuromania
mind-body problem
Department: Department for Continuing Education
Date Added: 07/05/2014
Duration: 01:03:25

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