The Problems of Consciousness | Within Reason #47

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Josh Rasmussen is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, with an expertise in analytic metaphysics. He is author of several books, including "Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth", "Necessary Existence", "How Reason Can Lead to God", and "Is God the Best Explanation of Things?" . He is also the founder of the Worldview Design YouTube channel, which helps people use reason to address the big questions of life.

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Josh's article on the "counting problem": https://joshualrasmussen.com/articles...

- TIMESTAMPS

0:00 What is so special about consciousness?
3:34 Can science investigate consciousness?
10:34 Is all knowledge circular?
17:22 Is introspection one of our “senses”?
22:18 Consciousness’ mysterious connection to the brain
30:50 Is the universe “mind-first”?
43:19 The hard problem of consciousness
49:32 The problem of “causal exclusion”
58:37 Can consciousness emerge from the material?
1:12:33 How does consciousness combine into one mind?
1:21:01 The “counting problem” for consciousness
1:28:45 Outro

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