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Does anything exist beyond the physical world? If yes, could consciousness undermine materialism? If no, could consciousness confirm materialism? It’s the big test.

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Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism?

Episode 09

Season 16

26:48

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Neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey talks about his book, Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness. He tackles the hard problem of consciousness, Phenomenal Consciousness...

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Nicholas Humphrey on the Invention of Consciousness

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Cover image for Does Consciousness have Meaning?

How has “inner experience” radically emerged from cosmic dust? Is consciousness only an accident of biology? Or does consciousness have deeper meaning?

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Does Consciousness have Meaning?

Episode 03

Season 07

26:46

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What’s the relationship between language and consciousness? Which comes first? Does consciousness enable language? Or does language give rise to consciousness? What...

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Language and Consciousness

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10 videos

1:27:56

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How can consciousness be addressed scientifically? The Tucson conference, founded in 1994 and celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2014, exemplifies the quest. What are the...

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Toward a Science of Consciousness

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11 videos

1:44:23

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What would it take for consciousness to defeat materialism or physicalism? This is the worldview that only the physical is real, which is the dominant view of scientists and...

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Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? (Part 2)

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1:16:00

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Are quantum events required for consciousness in a very special sense, far beyond the general sense that quantum events are part of all physical systems? What would it take...

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Quantum Physics of Consciousness

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1:22:52

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Cover image for Why is Consciousness so Mysterious?

How can the mindless microscopic particles that compose our brains ‘experience’ the setting sun, the Mozart Requiem, and romantic love? How can sparks of brain...

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Why is Consciousness so Mysterious?

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6 videos

1:03:37

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What would it take for consciousness to defeat materialism or physicalism? This is the worldview that only the physical is real, which is the dominant view of scientists and...

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Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? (Part 1)

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57:13

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Cover image for Are Enlightenment & Transcendence Altered States?

Is the enlightenment generated by meditation an altered state of consciousness, as much as can be induced by psychoactive chemicals like alcohol? Or is there something...

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Are Enlightenment & Transcendence Altered States?

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7 videos

57:26

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‘Non-Duality’ is a particular philosophy, related to Eastern philosophy and religion, that privileges the mental over the physical. It is the claim that the only...

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What is Non-Duality?

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10:19

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Panpsychism is the extreme claim that everything in the physical world—all subatomic particles-are in some sense ‘conscious’ or have a basic kind of...

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What is Panpsychism?

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50:05

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