Dean Zimmerman - What is the Mind-Body Problem?

Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Register for a free membership today to receive subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns How is it possible that mushy masses of brain cells, passing chemicals and shooting sparks, can cause mental sensations and subjective feelings? How can brain chemistry and electricity be ‘about’ things? Can physical activities literally be mental activities? Physical and mental activities seem so radically different. Watch more interviews on the mind-body problem: https://shorturl.at/dkmsE Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Dean W. Zimmerman is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University specializing in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.