Book 1 Episode 4: "I Am What I Am That I Am – Part 2"
12/14/15 • 56 min
In this second episode of a three-part series on what it means to be a self, we tour a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory, examine "qualia"—instances of subjective perception or experience—and discuss with Prof. Galen Strawson the counterintuitive view of "panpsychism"—the idea that consciousness is a primordial feature of all things.
Related Links:
Qualia (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Daniel Dennett: "Why and How Does Consciousness Seem the Ways It Seems?"
Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness | TED Talk | TED ...
17 Quining Qualia Daniel C. Dennett
Galen Strawson: Consciousness myth | TLS - The Times Literary Supplement
Galen Strawson: Qualia Set Aside, What Other Problems Are There for Physicalism? - YouTube
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In this second episode of a three-part series on what it means to be a self, we tour a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory, examine "qualia"—instances of subjective perception or experience—and discuss with Prof. Galen Strawson the counterintuitive view of "panpsychism"—the idea that consciousness is a primordial feature of all things.
Related Links:
Qualia (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Daniel Dennett: "Why and How Does Consciousness Seem the Ways It Seems?"
Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness | TED Talk | TED ...
17 Quining Qualia Daniel C. Dennett
Galen Strawson: Consciousness myth | TLS - The Times Literary Supplement
Galen Strawson: Qualia Set Aside, What Other Problems Are There for Physicalism? - YouTube
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amillionlittlethoughts.substack.com
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In this final part of a three-part series on what it means to be a self—and the final episode of the first season—Aaron discusses with the analytic philosopher Galen Strawson whether you can know your own character, thinking of yourself as the same person over time, and telling a narrative about your life.
And with Fr. James Martin, Aaron discusses knowing yourself in communion with other people and with God.
Related Links:
America Magazine: The National Catholic Review (Fr. James Martin, SJ, Editor-at-Large)
The Abbey: A Story of Discovery by Fr James Martin, SJ
"Against Narrativity" by Galen Strawson
The London Review of Books: "Is R2-D2 A Person?" by Galen Strawson
The Atlantic: "Stop Being So Self-Conscious" by Paul Bloom
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