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198. Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism

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The Hard Problem Is a Conceptual Problem, but Not a Scientific Problem

I think of the hard problem as a conceptual problem, but not a scientific problem. Namely, it's a problem with our concepts. We have this sense yhat there's a homunculus inside my head that can then go over into your head to see if the red looks like on your screen, what it looks like on my screen? Or i can go into the bat and see what it feels like to be a bat and what's on his of course, this is all ridiculous. Can't do any of that. I think you're correct in everything you said. The heart problem doesn't necessarily require there to be a a homoncules. It's even a more basic

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