Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion"

Oct 29, 2019

43:27

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Keith Frankish

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Ther Ane Se, I've Got a Sixth Sensitivity for U F Os

01:23

Illusionism and the Physicalist Approach to Consciousness

03:11

The Mettar Problem of Consciousnes

01:44

'It's Real, It's There's Something Extraordinary in the Brain'

02:34

Introduction

3min

Is Consciousness Illusionism?

3min

The Introspective, the Intuitive

4min

Is That Suspect?

4min

Is Pan Psychism Gaining Popularity?

2min

The Lights Come on in the Environment

2min

Is Consciousness More Arbitrary Than Defining Life?

2min

'It's Real, It's There's Something Extraordinary in the Brain'

3min

Illusionism and the Physicalist Approach to Consciousness

3min

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Is It an Illusion?

3min

11.

Are There Any Other Triends to the Problem of Consciousness?

2min

12.

The Consciousness Debate

2min

13.

Is It Possible That Science Should Clarify This Debate?

2min

14.

The Mettar Problem of Consciousnes

2min

15.

Ther Ane Se, I've Got a Sixth Sensitivity for U F Os

3min

16.

Is There a Book or a Philosopher Who You Rather Disagree With?

4min

Philosopher of mind Keith Frankish is one of the leading proponents of "illusionism," the theory that argues that your subjective experience -- i.e., the "what it is like" to be you -- is a trick of the mind. It's a counterintuitive theory, but Keith makes the case for it in this episode, while explaining the other leading theories of consciousness and why he rejects them.

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