Danielle and José talk about perception and meditation. Danielle claims 
that meditation is the key to seeing, feeling, and perceiving the world in 
a radically new way. Can meditation change the brain so much that we can 
cease to feel pain? Where is sensation: in the nerves or in the mind’s 
response? And what happens if, indeed, we do have responsibility for how we 
interpret sense data?

Danielle and José talk about perception and meditation. Danielle claims that meditation is the key to seeing, feeling, and perceiving the world in a radically new way. Can meditation change the brain so much that we can cease to feel pain? Where is sensation: in the nerves or in the mind’s response? And what happens if, indeed, we do have responsibility for how we interpret sense data?

#8: Where is the Pain?

Philosophy is sometimes seen as impractical and impenetrable, but on Think Hard, two trained philosophers have accessible and lively conversations about contemporary culture, politics, and society. Each episode, we weave together topics as current as the Black Lives Matter movement, the status of feminism, or the crafter “Etsy economy” with those as timeless as meaning, value, identity, truth, and knowledge

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#8: Where is the Pain?

#8: Where is the Pain?