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Episode 232: Mind Over Matter

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Conscious Phenomena Are the One Thing We Can't Doubt

Panpsychism is a way of trying to get out of the rather sticky position that modern philosophy has put itself in, says David Frum. It emerges from the belief both that things a, that fundamental nature of existence is material, and the undeniable truth of consciousness - we are experiencing things. But i don't think panpsychism was a vible candidate as an explanation for this hard problem of consciousness, or at least one that was taken seriously," he adds.

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