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85 - Wayne Wu: Attention, from a philosophical point of view

Stanford Psychology Podcast

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Will We Ever Be Able to Tell a Difference?

In an alternative universe, let's say that there's no agency. Will we ever be able to tell a difference? Like it just feels like it's like components of selecting things seem to be rather imposed. The idea of agency emerges from a particular version of a selection problem where we understand that is faced by creatures with a mind. And so the question is, what does it take to be a creature with a mind?

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