video Episode Is Human Consciousness Special? Watch Next Being in the World- A Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation? How Does the Subconscious Affect Us? Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness? Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness? Details Share Scientists say my consciousness is just my brain. Theologians believe my consciousness reflects the God who created it. Mystics hold my consciousness is a drop in the ocean of cosmic consciousness. Who's right? Related Topics ConsciousnessConsciousnessPurpose of Consciousness? Featured In Season 07 Contributors Marvin Minsky Marvin Minsky was a cognitive and computer scientist, a legendary pioneer of artificial... Marilyn Schlitz Marilyn Schlitz works on consciousness, transformations, extended capacities, mind body... J. van Huyssteen J. Wentzel van Huyssteen worked on theology & science, epistemology, human uniqueness Colin McGinn Colin McGinn focuses on philosophy of mind and language and culture Roger Walsh Roger Walsh works on Asian philosophies/religions; Buddhism, meditation, transpersonal...
Marvin Minsky Marvin Minsky was a cognitive and computer scientist, a legendary pioneer of artificial...
Marilyn Schlitz Marilyn Schlitz works on consciousness, transformations, extended capacities, mind body...
J. van Huyssteen J. Wentzel van Huyssteen worked on theology & science, epistemology, human uniqueness
Roger Walsh Roger Walsh works on Asian philosophies/religions; Buddhism, meditation, transpersonal...
Hubert Dreyfus, renowned philosopher of phenomenology, died in 2017. A few years earlier, we discussed consciousness, AI, God, creation, religion, body and soul, existence,... video Being in the World- A Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus Episode 09 Season 18 26:47 Watch
What causes consciousness? Our inner sense of awareness is at once most mundane and most bizarre. No explanation makes sense. Here are three novel candidates for explaining... video Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation? Episode 04 Season 18 26:48 Watch
There is more to our mental lives than the current content of our awareness. Our subconscious affects what we sense, think, feel and do. How does the subconscious work its... video How Does the Subconscious Affect Us? Episode 03 Season 17 26:48 Watch
Does anything exist beyond the physical world? If yes, could consciousness undermine materialism? If no, could consciousness confirm materialism? It’s the big test. video Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? Episode 09 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Materialism is the belief that only physical things are real. But physical things seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the... video Can Enlarged Materialism Explain Consciousness? Episode 08 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Can physical facts about the brain account for mental experiences of the mind? Has philosophy of mind made progress? We take a 15-year journey with John Searle and David... video Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness? Episode 07 Season 16 26:46 Watch