Ep. 13: Dr. Michael Egnor, M.D: Are We our Brains? Philosophy and the Foundations of Neuroscience
The Moral Imagination
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The Difference Between Perception and Will
The distinction between things that are localizable to the brain, and things that are not, I think was best made by Aristotle. He said there were two aspects of the human soul: one is what he called the sensitive soul which includes powers such as sensation but also immaterial powers like will. An example of the difference would be if you see a picture of a slave working in a field with light hitting your eyes; then there's a brain process that corresponds to that. That's all very physical. However, your contemplation of what slavery is, is not physical. It's an immaterial thing.
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