1.4: Consciousness

Why and how is it that we have a conscious experience of the world? What even is consciousness? This episode, David and Amelia explore these abstract questions and their surrounding philosophical landscape.References and Additional ResourcesSearle’s Consciousness Paper: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.557More on the hypothetical “zombies” we brought up which may act identically to us but lack consciousness: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zombies/Arguments for epiphenomenal qualia: https://www.sfu.ca/~jillmc/JacksonfromJStore.pdfPlease send any questions, feedback, comments, or objections to our email at [email protected]!