Philosophy Bites

Keith Frankish on Conscious Thought

Jan 14, 2017

11:59

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What Makes Us Different From Other Animals?

02:26

The Descriptive Power of Language Is Pertually Unlimited

02:03

Is Conscious Thought Using Existing Processes?

03:35

Introduction

2min

What Is a Conscious Thought?

2min

What Makes Us Different From Other Animals?

2min

The Descriptive Power of Language Is Pertually Unlimited

2min

Is Conscious Thought Using Existing Processes?

4min

One distinctive feature of human beings is that we can represent aspects of the world to ourselves, and also counterfactual situations. We do this through our conscious thoughts. Keith Frankish discusses this phenomenon in this episode of Mind Bites, which was made as part of Nicholas Shea's ASHRC-funded Meaning for the Brain and Meaning for the Person project.