EPISODE · Jun 18, 2026 · 2H 7M
#158 Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?
from Within Reason · host Alex J O'Connor
Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access.For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com.Keith Frankish is a British philosopher specialising in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science.Read Keith's essay, "Illusionism as a theory of consciousness" (2016).Find Keith's website here.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Is Consciousness An Illusion?4:02 - Do We Have a Private World?10:00 - The Nature of Visual Experience20:13 - Is Awareness Behavioural?28:17 - Isn’t Introspection Itself a Private Experience?33:04 - Philosophical Zombies43:05 - What Motivates Illusionism?50:02 - Psychedelics and the Dissolution of the Self59:23 - Why Are Philosophers Always Categorising?1:10:31 - Does Alex’s Triangle Exist?1:21:40 - Is Pain Just a Reaction to Stimulus?1:49:05 - Is Pain an Emergent Phenomenon?1:55:52 - What Illusion Is Actually Happening?1:59:07 - Can AI Be Conscious? - CONNECTMy Website: https://www.alexoconnor.comSOCIAL LINKS:Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskepticFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskepticInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskepticTikTok: @CosmicSkeptic - CONTACTBusiness email: [email protected] enquiries: [email protected]
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Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access.For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com.Keith Frankish is a British philosopher specialising in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science.Read Keith's essay, "Illusionism as a theory of consciousness" (2016).Find Keith's website here.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Is Consciousness An Illusion?4:02 - Do We Have a Private World?10:00 - The Nature of Visual Experience20:13 - Is Awareness Behavioural?28:17 - Isn’t Introspection Itself a Private Experience?33:04 - Philosophical Zombies43:05 - What Motivates Illusionism?50:02 - Psychedelics and the Dissolution of the Self59:23 - Why Are Philosophers Always Categorising?1:10:31 - Does Alex’s Triangle Exist?1:21:40 - Is Pain Just a Reaction to Stimulus?1:49:05 - Is Pain an Emergent Phenomenon?1:55:52 - What Illusion Is Actually Happening?1:59:07 - Can AI Be Conscious? - CONNECTMy Website: https://www.alexoconnor.comSOCIAL LINKS:Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskepticFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskepticInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskepticTikTok: @CosmicSkeptic - CONTACTBusiness email: [email protected] enquiries: [email protected]
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