{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Ep. 398: Donald Davidson on Mind vs. Body (Part One)","description":"On \"Mental Events\" (1970) and \"Actions, Reasons, and Causes\" (1963), w/ guest Chris Heath.\n\nWhen we talk about mental events (e.g. desires) causing physical occurrences (an action to obtain what is desired), are we giving a causal picture in the scientific sense, which would rule out free will? Or are reason-giving and causality just different language games?\n\nGet more at partiallyexaminedlife.com (https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/) . Visit https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.\n\nSponsor: Every self-made person started somewhere. Yours starts free at https://shopify.com/pel.\n\nLearn about Mark's fall philosophy of mind class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class (https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/class.) .","author_name":"The Partially Examined Life","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1416170-the-partially-examined-life","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43791028/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}