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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.
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
Mentioned by 

in the context of his essay on bat consciousness.


Robert Greene

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#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.

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#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind
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in relation to subjective experiences, using bats to explain how everyone's world is unique.


Anil Seth

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How your brain predicts your reality (w/ Anil Seth)
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as the advisor of ![undefined]()

and author of What Is It Like To Be A Bat?


Rob Wiblin

Sharon Hewitt Rawlette

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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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in relation to the concept of subjective experience.


Tim Scarfe

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Prof. Murray Shanahan - Machines Don't Think Like Us
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in relation to the question of subjective experience in other beings.

Peter Hershock

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Peter D. Hershock, "Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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as a source for her definition of consciousness.


Annaka Harris

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Annaka Harris On Consciousness
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and others when discussing subjective experience.


Sam Harris

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Making Sense of Consciousness | Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris
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as one of 

's most famous works.

Kasia de Lazari Radek


Thomas Nagel

23 snips
THOMAS NAGEL: the mind and the universe
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in reference to Sharon Hewitt-Rawlette's advisor and author of What Is It Like To Be About?


Rob Wiblin

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.

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Can Machines be People, Too? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.
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when asked about understanding the hearing of bats.


Daniel Pressnitzer

EP #16 | What do Auditory Illusions Reveal about the Brain? | Daniel Pressnitzer
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when discussing the limits of empathy and understanding another's experience.


David Eagleman

Ep102 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 1)
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and 

in the discussion of consciousness and subjective experience.

Jim Rutt


Jeff Sebo

EP 291 Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and Why
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and 

in discussions about subjective experience and the nature of consciousness.


Tim Scarfe


David Chalmers

(Music Removed) #90 - Prof. DAVID CHALMERS - Consciousness in LLMs [Special Edition]
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when explaining phenomenal consciousness.


David Chalmers

#67 Classic episode – David Chalmers on the nature and ethics of consciousness
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when discussing subjective experience and the difficulty of understanding consciousness in other beings.


Tim Scarfe

#90 - Prof. DAVID CHALMERS - Consciousness in LLMs [Special Edition]
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when discussing phenomenal consciousness.


David Chalmers

#67 – David Chalmers on the nature and ethics of consciousness
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in relation to the question of experiencing the world from another species' perspective.

Jiabao Li

#1550: “EchoVision” Answers the Question ‘What is it like to see like a bat?’ with Mixed Reality, AI, & Haptics
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in the discussion of consciousness and subjective experience.

Peter Hershock

Peter D. Hershock, "Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis" (Bloomsbury, 2023)