39. John Heil | Mind, Metaphysics

John Heil is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, and an Honorary Research Associate at Monash University. His philosophical work focuses on a range of topics in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Manifest vs. scientific image
07:52 - Explanatory gap
09:59 - Phenomenal concepts
13:57 - Type identity theory
15:07 - Functionalism
19:12 - Functionalism and causal relevance
23:04 - Relations
27:48 - Substances
32:55 - Counterfactuals
36:15 - Australian philosophers
39:38 - Modality
42:55 - Panpsychism
47:42 - Phenomenological fallacy
50:21 - Property dualism
52:36 - Truthmakers and nominalism
56:09 - Rule-following
1:04:49 - Normativity
1:09:05 - Normativity of meaning
1:14:35 - Descartes
1:18:39 - Monism
1:21:52 - Metaphysics and physics
1:26:54 - Different physics, different metaphysics?
1:34:27 - Supervenience
1:39:31 - Truthmaking
1:43:28 - Causation
1:47:19 - Levels of reality
1:53:16 - Putnam and skepticism
1:56:47 - Content externalism
2:00:53 - Conclusion

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