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#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind

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Is Consciousness Just Another Player in the Game of Physics?

If consciousness is just another player in the game of physics it feels more amenable to our scientific understanding of it that's interesting. If we can't explain how our consciousness and the consciousness of other animals comes out of this then it's game over but I think it maybe makes more sense it on the identity claim if matter at the fundamental level just is forms of consciousness then we can perhaps make sense of how those simple forms of consciousness combine in some way to make the consciousness we know and love That's the dream yeah soYeah you can't be right ultimately what we want to explain is how our consciousness, the consciousness of others come out of this  if we can't do that then it

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