Ep. 399: Dan Dennett’s Model of Mind (Part One)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On Daniel C. Dennett's Consciousness Explained (Ch. 1, 5), featuring guest Mark, Seth, Dylan, and guest Chris Heath. What is the mind? Dennett puts forth his "multiple drafts" model against the centralization that he characterizes as the "Cartesian Theater." Dennett claims that there is no central place in the brain, or (more controversally) no central processing center in experience, that receives data from the senses and then initiates action (and memory, and other post-experiential processing). How counter-intutitive is this, exactly? Sponsor: Every self-made person started somewhere. Yours starts free at shopify.com/pel. The post Ep. 399: Dan Dennett’s Model of Mind (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.