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The Weirdness of Consciousness

Science can explain the body, but can it explain the mind? The failure of scientists and philosophers to reach a consensus explanation of consciousness has led to a revival of interest in theories once widely dismissed, such as panpsychism. Robert Wright, Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary, explores the mind-body problem with renowned philosopher David Chalmers and the MacArthur-Award-winning novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero), Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (rebeccagoldstein.com, Plato at the Googleplex), and David Chalmers (New York University, The Australian National University) 6:19 Rebecca’s “mind-blowing” encounter with the problem of consciousness 9:34 David’s famous zombie thought experiment 5:08 Rebecca: “We are material things” 18:12 Does an electron have a kind of mind? 3:54 Where does meaning come from? 5:20 Describing a satisfactory model of consciousness