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Inference to the Best Explanation & Arguments for Immaterial Mind

Shelly KaganDistinguishedYale University

Clark Professor of Philosophy

45:48·2008·undergraduate level

Uses abductive reasoning (inference to the best explanation) to test whether creativity, intentionality, or qualia outrun physical mechanisms.

PhilosophyMetaphysics, Mind & MortalityEpistemologyQualiaAbductive Reasoning

The lecture focuses on arguments that might be offered as proof for the existence of the soul. The first series of arguments discussed is those known as "inferences to the best explanation." That is, we posit the existence of things we cannot see so as to explain something else that is generally agreed to take place.

This course was recorded in Spring 2007.

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Shelly KaganDistinguished

Author of "Death" · Yale University

Shelly Kagan is a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, widely recognized for his influential work in normative and applied ethics, particularly on the topic of death.

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