#67 Is Consciousness Physical? - Emerson Green

Emerson Green walks through three powerful objections to attempts to reduce consciousness to the brain: phenomenal transparency, philosophical zombies, and vagueness.Check out Emerson's YouTube channel.To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating, either via PayPal or Buy Me a Coffee.Follow me on X-formerly-Twitter.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00:00 Introduction00:00:05 What are you a YouTuber?00:19:08 Objection #1 - Phenomenal transparency00:29:22 Why physicalism cannot tolerate transparency00:32:31 What if consciousness is translucent?00:38:36 Maybe there are no mental states at all00:49:52 Objection #2 - Philosophical zombies01:00:57 Different types of conceivability01:12:29 What about modal skepticism?01:17:32 Objection #3 - Vagueness01:24:40 When do we go from non-conscious to conscious? Get full access to Miles K. Donahue at mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe