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Colin McGinn on Descartes on Innate Knowledge

Feb 2, 2013
15:07
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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What Is Inherent Knowledge?
02:16 • 3min
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Is It Possible for a Brain to Have Sensations of Red?
04:58 • 2min
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The Idea of Intense Knowledge
07:13 • 2min
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Is It Coherent and True to Think That the Mind Is Innate?
09:26 • 2min
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The Cartesian Cartesianism of Intense Ideas
11:03 • 2min
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The Unconscious Mind Is Deeply Mythical
12:54 • 2min
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Descartes believed that we can have knowledge that was independent of experience. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Colin McGinn makes a case for there being some such knowledge. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy.

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