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Podcast 104 – “Consciousness Isn’t What It Seems To Be”
Podcast 104 – “Consciousness Isn’t What It Seems To Be”
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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Guest speaker: Susan Blackmore
PROGRAM NOTES:
(Minutes : Seconds into program)
03:30 Jon Hanna introduces Susan Blackmore
08:04 "A lot of people kind of think that scientists like myself are kind of pushing the problem [of what is consciousness] away, some are, but there’s a huge excitement about what we do with this mystery, and it’s a very strange mystery indeed."
09:22 "That’s what we mean by consciousness, in contemporary science, what it’s like for you."
09:38 Susan talks about ‘the great chasm’ between mind and brain, sometimes called the ‘fathomless abyss’ . . . "It’s the chasm between subjective, how it is to me, and objective, how we believe it must be in the real physical world. Don’t underestimate this problem."
11:48 "So that’s the sense in which I mean consciousness might be an illusion: not what it seems to be."
18:48 Susan begins her discussion about free will.
24:34 "You can see the readiness potential building up in someone’s brain a long time, a long time in brain terms, before they know they are spontaneously and freely act."
26:56 "We can believe that free will is an illusion. That’s my preferred solution. I don’t want to press it on you, but it seems this way: When you look at these results, and many other results too, consciousness just doesn’t seem to be the thing that starts things off."
51:07 "I suggest, that when you’re walking around in your ordinary life, just realize how much you are not seeing, but you are not seeing it all."
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Books discussed in this podcast
The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore
Consciousness: An Introduction by Susan Blackmore
Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human by Susan Blackmore
Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett
Susan Blackmore’s books on Amazon.com
PROGRAM NOTES:
(Minutes : Seconds into program)
03:30 Jon Hanna introduces Susan Blackmore
08:04 "A lot of people kind of think that scientists like myself are kind of pushing the problem [of what is consciousness] away, some are, but there’s a huge excitement about what we do with this mystery, and it’s a very strange mystery indeed."
09:22 "That’s what we mean by consciousness, in contemporary science, what it’s like for you."
09:38 Susan talks about ‘the great chasm’ between mind and brain, sometimes called the ‘fathomless abyss’ . . . "It’s the chasm between subjective, how it is to me, and objective, how we believe it must be in the real physical world. Don’t underestimate this problem."
11:48 "So that’s the sense in which I mean consciousness might be an illusion: not what it seems to be."
18:48 Susan begins her discussion about free will.
24:34 "You can see the readiness potential building up in someone’s brain a long time, a long time in brain terms, before they know they are spontaneously and freely act."
26:56 "We can believe that free will is an illusion. That’s my preferred solution. I don’t want to press it on you, but it seems this way: When you look at these results, and many other results too, consciousness just doesn’t seem to be the thing that starts things off."
51:07 "I suggest, that when you’re walking around in your ordinary life, just realize how much you are not seeing, but you are not seeing it all."
Download
MP3
PCs – Right click, select option
Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option
Books discussed in this podcast
The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore
Consciousness: An Introduction by Susan Blackmore
Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human by Susan Blackmore
Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett
Susan Blackmore’s books on Amazon.com
Released:
Aug 4, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
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