Conversations on consciousness, philosophy of mind, non-dualism, phenomenology, and the hard problem.
Curated by: Curt Jaimungal (139 videos)
Susan Blackmore, psychologist known for her work on consciousness, and Bernardo Kastrup, former computer scientist now philosopher, join us to discuss consciousness. This episode has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org. Sponsors: - RAID: ✅ Install Raid for Free Mobile and PC: https://clik.cc/7jgA3 and get a special starter pack with an Epic champion Drake 🎉 Log into the game for 7 days between now and July 24th and get a free legendary champion Artak Every episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - *New* TOE Website (early access to episodes): https://theoriesofeverything.org/ - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything - TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: -💥Check out Raid's new limited animated series Call of the Arbiter here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H32dvyCVkfk - Daniel Dennett - "Consciousness Explained": https://amzn.to/3Nxz2Pa - Susan Blackmore - "The Meme Machine": https://amzn.to/3oYdthy - Susan Blackmore - "Conversations on Consciousness": https://amzn.to/448ohIR - Susan Blackmore - "A Very Short Introduction To Consciousness": https://amzn.to/3Nykfnv - Bernardo Kastrup - "Why Materialism Is Baloney": https://amzn.to/3CzcPtR - Bernardo Kastrup - "The Idea Of The World": https://amzn.to/42NzdKO - Schooler - "Dissociations Between Awareness and Meta-Awareness": https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/schooler/jonathan/sites/labs.psych.ucsb.edu.schooler.jonathan/files/pubs/1-s2.0-s1364661302019496-main.pdf - William James - "The Principles of Psychology": https://amzn.to/443nmcA - Richard Feynman - "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter": https://amzn.to/3Pg8W4I TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:04 Illusionism is misunderstood 00:07:40 Who is the "illusion" happening to? 00:09:20 Bernardo's disagreements with illusionists 00:19:35 Materialism doesn't work 00:28:21 Mindfulness and mind-altering experiences aid the philosophy? 00:30:34 Why aren't you a panspsychist? 00:38:27 The regularity of the laws of nature in Idealism 00:49:45 The simplest understanding of a "dissociative boundary" 00:54:57 Telepathy in Idealism and in science 01:06:21 The "self" 01:15:04 Psi phenomenon (NDEs, Precognition, ...) 01:17:32 What would convince you to believe the opposite of what you think? 01:21:44 Bernardo witnessed the miraculous (personal story)