# Christopher Peacocke

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Christopher Peacocke, "The Primacy of Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2019)

A basic question in mind and metaphysics is the relation between the nature of mental content (or meaning) and the nature of the domains of entities and relations to which those contents refer or which they are about. Does an explanation of this relation require us to give meaning priority, or inst…

Christopher Peacocke, "The Primacy of Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2019)

A basic question in mind and metaphysics is the relation between the nature of mental content (or meaning) and the nature of the domains of entities and relations to which those contents refer or which they are about. Does an explanation of this relation require us to give meaning priority, or inst…

Descartes Defended - Video

Professor Christopher Peacocke (UCL and Columbia University) applies the theory of the first person and of conscious subjects developed in the earlier lectures in this series in defence of some famous theses of Descartes, including his argument Cogito ergo Sum. Peacocke also considers Bernard Willi…

Christopher Peacocke - What do we hear in Music and why does it Matter to us?

Christopher Peacocke, Visiting Professor at New College of the Humanities, discusses the role and significance of music in our everyday lives

Self-Consciousness - Audio

Professor Christopher Peacocke (UCL and Columbia University) discusses ways in which notions of self-consciousness go beyond the forms of first person representation discussed in the first three lectures in this series. He distinguishes, and characterizes, two varieties of self-consciousness, which…

4. Metaphor and Art

James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the use of metaphor to describe music and other artworks. He discusses Christopher Peacocke's views on the expression of emotion in music, as well as Roger Scruton's view that hearing music involves metaphor.

Christopher Peacocke, "The Primacy of Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2019)

A basic question in mind and metaphysics is the relation between the nature of mental content (or meaning) and the nature of the domains of entities and relations to which those contents refer or which they are about. Does an explanation of this relation require us to give meaning priority, or inst…

Ep. 8 - Reflective Reasoning & Philosophy

On this episode, I read one of my articles from 2021 titled, "Reflective Reasoning and Philosophy" in Philosophy Compass. Both philosophers and cognitive scientists seem to think that philosophical thinking could depend on whether we reason intuitively or reflectively. In this paper, I review the c…

76. Christopher Peacocke | Metaphysics

What if getting clear on perception, number, and the self depends on metaphysics coming first, rather than on meaning or concepts setting the rules? My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. 1. Guest Christopher Peacocke is Johnsonian professor of philosophy and director of graduate studies i…