Alan Leshner - Can Brain Explain Mind?

Get free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: https://closertotruth.com/ What is it about the brain that enables many scientists to claim the brain can fully explain mind? And what is it about such neuroscientific explanations of mental experience that some philosophers reject? What seems obvious to some—the purely physical explanation of the mind—seems impossible to others. Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Watch more interviews on mind-body problems: https://shorturl.at/gzWZ5 Alan Leshner is a scientist, educator and public servant from the United States. He received an undergraduate degree in psychology from Franklin and Marshall College and earned an MS in Physiological Psychology from Rutgers University. Leshner also earned a PhD degree in Physiological Psychology from Rutgers University. 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.