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

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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

In this expansive conversation, Michael Shermer speaks with Bernardo Kastrup, the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). Shermer and Kastrup discuss: materialism, idealism, dualism, monism, panpsychism, free will, determinism, consciousness, the problem of other minds, artificial intelligence, out of body and near-death experiences, model dependent realism, and the ultimate nature of reality.