video Episode Why is Consciousness Baffling? 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 How does consciousness weave its magical web of inner awareness-appreciating music, enjoying art, feeling love? Even when all mental functions may be explained, the great mystery-what it "feels like" inside-will likely remain. Related Topics ConsciousnessConsciousnessMystery of Consciousness Featured In Season 04 Contributors Charles Tart Charles T. Tart is a parapsychologist and founder of transpersonal psychology Roger Walsh Roger Walsh works on Asian philosophies/religions; Buddhism, meditation, transpersonal... Raymond Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, futurist, technology visionary, director of engineering at... Hubert Dreyfus Hubert Dreyfus focused on phenomenology, existentialism, philosophy of psychology &... Alva Noë Alva Noë focuses on perception and consciousness and the philosophy of art Henry Stapp Henry Stapp is a quantum physicist advocating relevance of QM to consciousness and free... George Lakoff George P. Lakoff is a cognitive linguist advocating conceptual metaphors to explain...
Roger Walsh Roger Walsh works on Asian philosophies/religions; Buddhism, meditation, transpersonal...
Raymond Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, futurist, technology visionary, director of engineering at...
Hubert Dreyfus Hubert Dreyfus focused on phenomenology, existentialism, philosophy of psychology &...
Henry Stapp Henry Stapp is a quantum physicist advocating relevance of QM to consciousness and free...
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