In episode 250 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Ralph Weir to discuss some of his work in his fantastic new book The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics: An Argument from Consciousness to Mental Substance.

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0:00 - How Dr. Weir got into substance dualism
8:12 - What counts as substance dualism?
11:08 - What is the Mind/Body Problem?
17:33 - Everyone Hates the Soul
20:11 - defining properties and substances
31:34 - Individuating our thoughts and Haecceities
37:30 - Phenomenal consciousness vs. functional consciousness
47:03 - Do you exist when you're not conscious?
50:45 - Artificial intelligence and machine consciousness
55:05 - Transhumanism and brain uploads
58:42 - philosophical zombies on substance dualism?
1:05:22- If philosophical zombies then immaterial selves
1:13:06 - back to defining substances