I Think It Bothers These Philosophers So Much

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i like what galen strasson does, you know, he's coming at it from this perspective that philosophers are so happy to just be thes kind of corps reductionist. And they'll be very scorn ful and put panpsychic views, which which have been around forever, into ptolemaic astronomy or something like that. i think t six is a great job of in his work on this is say, look, this is not any weirder or more superstitious or less hard, hard headed than your view.

It’s the topic voted on by our beloved Patreon patrons, panpsychism! David and Tamler delve into the resurgent debate over whether consciousness is the fundamental stuff that makes up the universe. We hoped we might be entering Miyazaki land - river spirits, benevolent radishes, a universal mind. But is this just the same old philosophy of mind debate with different words? Are there any stakes to this debate or is it purely terminological? Plus – we answer some last-minute questions from listeners on dissertations, Ukraine, pseudoscience, and the music from "The Shield."