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Early Philosophical Curiosity
- Philip Goff was fascinated by philosophy from a very young age, even asking deep questions at age four.
- His Catholic upbringing and early curiosity about science and religion shaped his lifelong interest in how everything fits together.
Philosophy Synthesizes Knowledge
- We know about reality not only through experiments but also through immediate awareness and intuition.
- Philosophy's role is to synthesize knowledge from science and other ways of knowing into a unified worldview.
Consciousness Defined as Experience
- Consciousness is defined as subjective experience or what it feels like to be you.
- Everyday sensory experiences like hearing and touch are fundamental parts of consciousness.