Ep. 238 - Cosmopsychism vs. Functionalism w/Drs. Philip Goff and Jonathan Schaffer

Jul 3, 2023

Dr. Philip Goff and Dr. Jonathan Schaffer join the podcast to discuss the nature of the mind. They explore topics such as cosmopsychism, functionalism, the nature of pain, the evolution of consciousness, and the role of parsimony and definable concepts in theoretical frameworks. They also delve into mind-making and grounding principles, touching on the distinctions between subjective phenomenal properties and third-person physical facts.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Exploring the Mind and Consciousness: Ground Functionalism and Interruptions

03:58 • 4min

Modalities and Panpsychism

08:14 • 20min

Debate on the Nature of Pain

28:43 • 28min

The Evolution of Consciousness and its Connection to Behavior and Survival

57:04 • 3min

Panpsychism, Strong Emergentism, and the Nature of Consciousness

59:53 • 5min

The Role of Parsimony and Definable Concepts in Theoretical Frameworks

01:04:55 • 4min

Mind-making and the Grounding Principles

01:08:51 • 23min

In episode 238 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Jonathan Schaffer and Dr. Philip Goff to discuss the nature of the mind. You can listen to Dr. Schaffer's previous episode on the show here: https://youtu.be/-RRepoXvDos and Dr. Goff's previous episode here: https://youtu.be/vx4duEaIwuo Join this channel to get access to perks and support my work: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Review of Ground Functionalism 8:47 - Review of Panpsychism 12:33 - Priority Monism and Priority Microphysicalism 17:00 - Two Types of Panpsychism 20:12 - Is panpsychism a type of physicalism? 24:40 - what is physical/material? 27:44 - what is a 'pain'? 38:55 - The Metaphysics of Parties 48:08 - what is a mind? 58:52 - Why Panpsychism If You Have Strong Emergence? 1:04:00 - Parsimony and Schaffer's Lazer 1:11:44 - which view is simpler? 1:19:40 - Do tables exist?