Noam Chomsky: Why the Mind-Body Problem May Never Be Solved

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Noam Chomsky (MIT) challenges mathematical realism while exploring consciousness and the mind-body connection They debate whether numbers are real, explore dualism, and question the limits of certainty.

- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:03:41 - Putnam and Mathematical Realism
- 00:09:06 - Are numbers "real"?
- 00:10:01 - Text vs. Meaning / Content vs. Meaning
- 00:13:28 - Are all words "contrast words"? (only making sense in terms of their negation)
- 00:16:01 - How can the word "meaningless" ever be "meaningful"?
- 00:17:38 - Reference vs. Referent
- 00:28:32 - Daniel Dennett's "Quining Qualia"
- 00:30:44 - Consciousness explained?
- 00:34:27 - Mind Body dualism ("body" is no more fundamental than "mind")
- 00:44:32 - Is Chomsky an idealist?
- 00:46:29 - We can't answer anything with certainty
- 00:50:53 - Articulating what's ambiguous (what the heck is going on!?)
- 00:58:24 - Studying consciousness from the 1st person vs 3rd person perspective
- 00:59:34 - How do we generate "definitions"
- 01:04:59 - Curt's question to the audience (for linguists)

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2022-04-12 69 min

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