The Mind and Consciousness, Part 3: Emergence and Non-Reductive Physicalism

Introduction to Philosophy — The Mind and Consciousness, Part 3: Emergence and Non-Reductive Physicalism — April 28, 2020 — Zachary Fruhling, Instructor — College of Eastern Idaho

Topics: Theories of Consciousness, Emergence, Non-Reductive Physicalism, Strong and Weak Emergence, The Evolutionary History of the Cosmos, Reductionism, Emergent Behavior, Emergent Properties, the Big Bang, Cosmic Inflation, the Formation of Atoms, Protostars and Protogalaxies, Stars and Nuclear Fusion, Emergence of Heavy Elements, The Pauli Exclusion Principle, Self-Replicating Molecules and the Origin of Life, Emergence of Single-Cell Organisms and Multicellular Organisms, Evolution and Speciation, Human Evolution, Emergence of Culture, Emergence of Agriculture, Emergence of Architecture, Emergence of Industrialization, Emergence of Urbanization, Emergence of Technology, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The Internet and Virtual Reality, Future Evolution and Emergence, Futurism, Top-Down Causation, Bottom-Up Causation, Supervenience, Epiphenomenalism, Mental Causation, Physical Causal Closure, The Problem of Causal Exclusion

[yuda]

Thank you, this was fascinating and your presentation is masterful!