Ep. 400: Dennett Rejects Qualia (Part One)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. We focus on the final chapters of Dan Dennett's Consciousness Explained, where he confronts various views, figures, and thought experiments that contend that he's failed to explain the essence of consciousness: the "what it's like" element of any conscious experience that is distinct from a mere judgment or processing of information. One could imagine a being that organizationally matches Dennett's multiple drafts model, acts just like an intelligent person, and yet lacks consciousness. Dennett denies this. Sponsors: Every self-made person started somewhere. Yours starts free at shopify.com/pel. Visit functionhealth.com/PEL to get the data you need to take action for your health. The post Ep. 400: Dennett Rejects Qualia (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.