Episode 122: Augustine on Mind and Metaphysics (Part One)

Summary: Yet more on The Confessions (400 CE), this time on books 10–13.<br> What is memory and how does it relate to time and being? Augustine thinks that memory is a storehouse, but it contains not just the sensations we put in it, but also (à la <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2010/04/20/episode-18-plato-what-is-knowledge/" target="_blank">Plato's theory of recollection</a>) really all legitimate knowledge. It's our route to God, to real Being. Mark, Wes, and Dylan also discuss time, language, knowledge, the existence of evil, and more.<br> This continues our discussion from episode 121 parts <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/08/10/ep121-1-augustine/" target="_blank">one</a> and <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/08/17/ep121-2-augustine/" target="_blank">two</a>. <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/08/05/topic-122-123-augustine/" target="_blank">Read more about the topic and get the text</a>.<br> Continued on <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/08/31/ep122-2-augustine/" target="_blank">part 2</a>, or get the ad-free <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/08/21/ep122-augustine-citizen/" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" target="_blank">Please support PEL</a>.<br>