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Mentioned in 18 episodes

What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

Book • 2024
Thomas Nagel's essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a seminal work in philosophy of mind.

It explores the subjective nature of consciousness and the challenges of understanding other minds.

Nagel argues that even with complete physical knowledge of a bat's brain, we cannot fully grasp its subjective experience.

This essay highlights the limitations of reductionist approaches to consciousness.

It continues to be a central text in discussions about qualia, subjective experience, and the mind-body problem.

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Mentioned in 18 episodes

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Robert Greene
in the context of his essay on bat consciousness.
1,581 snips
#839 - Robert Greene - 12 Raw Truths About Gaining Power & Respect
Mentioned by Philip Goff in the context of a discussion on the subjective experience of bats.
134 snips
#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind
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Anil Seth
in relation to subjective experiences, using bats to explain how everyone's world is unique.
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How your brain predicts your reality (w/ Anil Seth)
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Rob Wiblin
as the advisor of
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Sharon Hewitt Rawlette
and author of What Is It Like To Be A Bat?
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#138 Classic episode – Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on why pleasure and pain are the only things that intrinsically matter
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Tim Scarfe
in relation to the concept of subjective experience.
42 snips
Prof. Murray Shanahan - Machines Don't Think Like Us
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Peter Hershock
in relation to the question of subjective experience in other beings.
37 snips
Peter D. Hershock, "Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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Annaka Harris
as a source for her definition of consciousness.
31 snips
Annaka Harris On Consciousness
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Sam Harris
and others when discussing subjective experience.
29 snips
Making Sense of Consciousness | Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris
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Kasia de Lazari Radek
as one of
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Thomas Nagel
's most famous works.
23 snips
THOMAS NAGEL: the mind and the universe
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Rob Wiblin
in reference to Sharon Hewitt-Rawlette's advisor and author of What Is It Like To Be About?
23 snips
#138 – Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on why pleasure and pain are the only things that intrinsically matter
Mentioned by Fr. Anselm Ramelow in the context of qualia and subjective experience.
12 snips
Can Machines be People, Too? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.
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Daniel Pressnitzer
when asked about understanding the hearing of bats.
EP #16 | What do Auditory Illusions Reveal about the Brain? | Daniel Pressnitzer
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David Eagleman
when discussing the limits of empathy and understanding another's experience.
Ep102 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 1)
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Jim Rutt
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Jeff Sebo
in the discussion of consciousness and subjective experience.
EP 291 Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and Why
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Tim Scarfe
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David Chalmers
in discussions about subjective experience and the nature of consciousness.
(Music Removed) #90 - Prof. DAVID CHALMERS - Consciousness in LLMs [Special Edition]
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David Chalmers
when explaining phenomenal consciousness.
#67 Classic episode – David Chalmers on the nature and ethics of consciousness
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Tim Scarfe
when discussing subjective experience and the difficulty of understanding consciousness in other beings.
#90 - Prof. DAVID CHALMERS - Consciousness in LLMs [Special Edition]
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David Chalmers
when discussing phenomenal consciousness.
#67 – David Chalmers on the nature and ethics of consciousness
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Jiabao Li
in relation to the question of experiencing the world from another species' perspective.
#1550: “EchoVision” Answers the Question ‘What is it like to see like a bat?’ with Mixed Reality, AI, & Haptics
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Peter Hershock
in the discussion of consciousness and subjective experience.
Peter D. Hershock, "Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

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