Video: Introduction to Philosophy Online Class Session — The Mind and Consciousness, Part 3: Emergence and Non-Reductive Physicalism

The following is a video recording of my recent Introduction to Philosophy online class session on emergence and non-reductive physicalism, the final part of a three-part series on the mind and consciousness. See below for a list of topics covered in this online class session.

Introduction to Philosophy Online Class Session — The Mind and Consciousness, Part 3: Emergence and Non-Reductive Physicalism

Date

April 28, 2020

Instructor

Zachary Fruhling, College of Eastern Idaho

Topics Covered:

• Attendance Questions:

  • Is a single water (H2O) molecule wet?

  • Why are there different kinds of snowflakes?

• Weak Emergence (Emergent Behaviors) and Strong Emergence (Emergent Properties)

• Emergence and the Evolutionary History of the Cosmos:

  • The Big Bang

  • Inflation & Subatomic Particles

  • Formation of Atoms

  • Formation of Molecules

  • Protostars and Protogalaxies

  • Stars & Nuclear Fusion

  • Heavy Elements & The Periodic Table

  • Planets & Solar Systems

  • Self-Relocating Molecules & The Origin of Life

  • Single-Cell Organisms

  • Multicellular Organisms

  • Complex Life Forms

  • Evolution & Speciation

  • Human Evolution

  • Culture

  • Agriculture

  • Architecture

  • Industrialization

  • Urbanization

  • Technology

  • Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering

  • The Internet & Virtual Reality

  • The Future

• Bottom-Up Causation vs. Top-Down Causation

• Supervenience

• Epiphenomenalism

• Non-Reductive Physicalism

• Mental Causation & The Problem of Causal Exclusion

• Physical Causal Closure

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