Ask Mark 3.5 - The course's definition of "consciousness"

Ask Mark 3.5 - The course's definition of "consciousness"

Question: I’m still trying to get clear on terminology. It seems to me that this week is the “core” week inasmuch as the Hard Problem seems to surface here. But, is the term ‘consciousness’ being used that way here in the course? Is it referring to the same thing as David Chalmers describes in his TED talk: “… the amazing, 3D, multitrack, surround sound, etc. movie playing in your head; the constant, voiceover narrative that is the stream of consciousness; subjective experience; that all this feels like something, from the inside; …” Also described as sentience, or sense of presence. Are we all referring to the same kind of thing, or is the course using the term ‘consciousness’ in a different, perhaps narrower way?