198. Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is There a Theory of Consciousness?
We don't have a good theory of consciousness. How do i know that you're conscious like i'm conscious? So and that you're not all a bunch of zombis, and i'm the only one? Here's my super simple solution o this problem. It's the copernican principle, you know, that we're not special. I just apply it to myself. I'm not special. My synapses, er nerons arein wired up the same way yours are. And so on and so on. The chance is that when i see you with tears and a sad face, and i know how that feels, it's reasonable for me to assume you actually are
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