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Philip Goff on Galileo and Consciousness

In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Philip Goff discusses Galileo's insights into the nature of matter. He goes on to defend his own view of consciousness, namely panpsychism. Goff thinks that matter is conscious. 

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Anil Seth on the Real Problem of Consciousness

How can we begin to explain the relationship between our brains and our conscious experience? This problem has vexed philosophers, and more recently neuroscientists, at least since the time of Descartes. Here Anil Seth, a neuroscientist, suggests a way forward. In contrast with what David Chalmers has called the Hard Problem of consciousness (the difficulty of explaining the phenomena of conscious experience in purely physical terms), Anil outlines an approach which he has dubbed the 'Real Problem' of consciousness. Anil is a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow.

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Keith Frankish on Conscious Thought

Conscious thought allows us to think about the world, but also about counterfactual situations. It is part of what makes us human. Keith Frankish discusses the nature of conscious thought in this episode of Mind Bites which we are releasing on Philosophy Bites. Mind Bites is part of Nicholas Shea's ARHC-funded project Meaning for the Brain and Meaning for the Person.

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Keith Frankish on the Hard Problem and the Illusion of Qualia

Subjective experience leads to the so-called 'hard problem' of consciousness: the difficulty of explaining qualia in terms of the brain. Keith Frankish discusses both the problem and a possible solution in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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Ted Honderich on What it is to be Conscious

Ted Honderich sketches his theory of conscious experience in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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Colin McGinn on Descartes on Innate Knowledge

Where do our ideas come from? According to René Descartes at least some of them are innate, acquired indpendently of experience. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Colin McGinn explains why he thinks that Descartes' view of the mind has something to be said for it, particularly when combined with Leibniz's insight that innate ideas must be initially unconscious.

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Michael Tye on Pain

A range of philosophical questions arise from our experience of pain. Michael Tye explores some of these in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

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Galen Strawson on Panpsychism

Is there something that it is like to be an electron? That sounds implausible. Yet Galen Strawson believes this is the best explanation of how things are. Find out why.

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Neil Levy on Moral Responsibility and Consciousness

Does recent neuroscience undermine the idea that we can reasonably be held morally responsible for our actions? Neil Levy discusses the relationship between responsibility and consciousness in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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