How does Personal Identity Persist through Time? [Consciousness] Is the self an illusion? Decades roll by; every molecule of my body changes many times. Yet I sense myself...
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Episode 05
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Who’s the boss, me or my brain? Brain data does not favor free will. In the famous Libet experiment, my brain makes decisions prior to my conscious sense of making that...
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Is the “Real You” a special substance that is both nonphysical and immortal? Most people think “Certainly”. Most scientists think “Certainly...
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‘Experimental philosophy’ is a new field of study, in which philosophical problems are subjected to surveys of common people expressing their common views. What...
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Light-speed technology is accelerating, and even changing the way we think. So much so that you’re irritated when there a 10-second delay in downloading a Internet site...
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Consciousness is what we can know best and explain least. It is the inner subjective experience of what it feels like to see red or smell garlic or hear Beethoven....
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Why do we spend so much of our lives not awake? What do sleeping and dreaming reveal about consciousness?
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There was a time when there was no consciousness in our universe. Now there is. What caused consciousness to emerge? Did consciousness develop in the same way that, say, the...
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Free will is a classic and perennial problem in philosophy. It is a probe of profound issues of how the world works as well as how the mind works. What are the primary issues...
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How can so many numbers of nature, the constants and relationships of physics, be so spot-on perfect for humans to exist? Beware: there is more than one answer lurking here.
How significant is the subconscious? Though Freudian psychology is mostly discredited, most of our mental activity is indeed subconscious. Think about walking, engaging...
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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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