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Philosopher Keith Frankish interviews leading philosophers of mind and cognitive scientistsThemes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ philosophy of mind interviews • consciousness and intentionality • naturalistic, illusionist accounts of experience • sensation vs perception, blindsight • representation, introspection, color perception • artificial agents, LLMs, artificial consciousness • digital ethics, online pollutionThis podcast features in-depth interviews with philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists about contemporary questions in consciousness and cognition. Across conversations, the focus is on how to explain conscious experience, representation, and intentionality in ways that connect philosophical analysis with findings and methods from psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
A recurring theme is the status of “phenomenal consciousness” and first-person experience: what kinds of data a theory of consciousness should rely on, how much weight to give introspection, and whether familiar talk about “what it is like” captures anything theoretically substantive. Related discussions examine perception and sensation, including cases such as blindsight, and broader issues about how conscious capacities might have evolved and what functions they serve.
The show also engages with debates over naturalistic and third-person approaches to mind, including skepticism about certain folk-psychological categories (for example, whether common ways of describing colour experience are accurate). Another strand connects philosophy of mind to emerging technologies: artificial agents and large language models, the idea of artificial consciousness, and the social and epistemic consequences of increasingly AI-mediated digital environments. Ethical and existential topics sometimes enter the discussion—such as mental health, spirituality, and the implications of materialism—when they bear on theories of sentience and the role consciousness plays in human life.
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3: Anna Strasser 2025-Oct-12 48 minutes |
2: Pete Mandik2022-Apr-16 152 minutes |
1: Nicholas Humphrey2022-Jan-15 112 minutes |