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I'm a Materialist, but Consciousness is Foundational - Galen Strawson
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Galen Strawson is a British analytic philosopher and literary critic who works primarily on philosophy of mind, metaphysics, John Locke, David Hume, Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche.

- TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Is Radical Emergence Possible?

08:15 - Can Physics Describe Consciousness?

12:01 - Is Everything Made of Consciousness?

18:34 - Why Are People Resistant to Panpsychism?

21:19 - Can Experience Alone Tell Us What Consciousness Is?

23:50 - Does Consciousness Require Complexity?

29:03 - Panpsychism vs Idealism: What’s the Difference?

36:08 - The Combination Problem

40:03 - What is the “Self”?

43:16 - Do We Even Need to Explain Consciousness?

48:25 - Is Consciousness a Scientific or Philosophical Question?

53:25 - Is It Possible for AI to Become Conscious?

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