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Paul Thagard on cognition, consciousness, misinformation, balance

Thing in itself

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Is Consciousness a Brain Process?

I think a lot of academics, myself included, like have the tendency to become very obsessive. They'll work and and see something else, but you need to have a life outside of your work. Well, that's where the balance metaphors come in again. So I talk about life work balance. And if you've got a good balance among them, then your life can be really quite enjoyable and meaningful. Yeah, couldn't agree more. Come at the consciousness. What are his views of consciousness? Consciousness is a brain process. It's a much more plausible view than any of the alternatives would say that consciousness is a spiritual process done by souls or by all sorts of ridiculous views that

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