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Colin McGinn - Why is Consciousness so Baffling?

2021-05-03 Education
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Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq How does consciousness weave its magical web of inner awareness—appreciating music, enjoying art, feeling love? Even when all mental functions may be explained, the great mystery—what it 'feels like' inside—will likely remain. This is the 'Hard Problem' of consciousness. What could even count as a theory of consciousness, even in principle? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on understanding consciousness: https://bit.ly/3dXa9uD Colin McGinn is a British philosopher, currently Professor of Philosophy and Cooper Fellow at the University of Miami. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

Top Comments (10)

@reggielavoie5260 2021-05-04

Its crazy to think that our brain is trying to figure itself out.

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@cvsree 2021-05-03

Q: Who does consciousness baffle? A: consciousness 😆

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@KpxUrz5745 2021-09-05

While walking away with no greater number of answers, I must say that McGinn certainly offers a more complete and intelligent discussion of consciousness than I have heard from many others.

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@Spideysenses67 2021-07-14

This is probably the best explanation of why Consciousness is so mysterious that I've ever heard. Even better than Chalmers and that's saying something.

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@InPursuitOfCuriosity 2021-05-09

What a thought-provoking and intriguing topic to explore! I am baffled that this channel has such a low subscriber count. I guess most of the Youtube community just doesn't care about the big questions and is content on being consumed by distractions.

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@assortedtea902 2021-05-08

Hands down one of the best episodes of CTT

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@earthjustice01 2021-05-09

Room full of chairs! This is an excellent informal discussion of the "hard question" My hats off to Colin McGinn. My take on this is that we are forever stuck with two mutually exclusive ways of understanding the world: through human concerns which often focus on things like meaning, intentions, reasons, values, beliefs, ethical rules, and free will - things which do not directly refer to the material world - and the scientific - which works by focusing on material objects and forces while getting rid of human concerns as much as possible.

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@akumar7366 2021-05-12

Wonderful discourse , dazzling intelligence.

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@deepshikhabanerji9732 2021-05-27

We are going on and on in circles without moving a step forward.

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@russellbarndt6579 2025-02-10

Not sure how I messed this episode, but it is now on the top of my list with this show and all my efforts to understand consciousness ,consider the "seeker seeker" show on "who are you" both the 5 minute one and the 20 minutes one

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