#117 The enigma of consciousness
With Dr Antony Latham
Consciousness is a slippery thing and hard to define. We are not talking about medical ‘levels of consciousness’ but the actual phenomenon of what it is to be a conscious person.
Descartes famously proposed a dualism where the mind is a distinct ‘substance’ from the body, even if intimately interacting with it. Indeed, since Descartes philosophers have struggled to explain how something purely physical could have free-will, emotions, sensations and personhood.
This webinar hopes to discuss what this means for Christian clinicians who know that we, and our patients, are more than just bodies but are also souls.
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Dr Antony Latham
Antony Latham is a retired family doctor with nine years experience working in hospitals in East Africa. He has authored books on Darwinism and philosophy of mind and has a degree in Medical Law and Bioethics. His latest book is “WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS. How Science and Philosophy lead us to God”. Currently he chairs The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics. He and his wife have four children and three grandchildren. They live in the Western Isles of Scotland where he enjoys sailing and mountaineering.
