About this episode

The episode explores the concept of consciousness and whether it could be an illusion, featuring discussions with philosopher Keith Frankish.

Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com . Keith Frankish is a British philosopher specialising in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science. Read Keith's essay, "Illusionism as a theory of consciousness" (2016) . Find Keith's website here . Keith Frankish and Philip Goff co-host a channel 'Mind Chat', where they debate panpsychism versus illusionism, and explore cutting-edge thought on consciousness: / @mindchat TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) Is Consciousness An Illusion? (4:02) Do We Have a Private World? (10:00) The Nature of Visual Experience (20:13) Is Awareness Behavioural? (28:17) Isn’t Introspection Itself a Private Experience? (33:04) Philosophical Zombies (43:05) What Motivates Illusionism? (50:02) Psychedelics and the Dissolution of the Self (59:23) Why Are Philosophers Always Categorising? (1:10:31) Does Alex’s Triangle Exist? (1:21:40) Is Pain Just a Reaction to Stimulus? (1:49:05) Is Pain an Emergent Phenomenon? (1:55:52) What…

People in this episode

Host: Alex J O'Connor

Guest: Keith Frankish

Topics covered

• consciousness
• illusionism
• philosophy of mind
• visual experience
• psychedelics
• introspection

Keywords

• consciousness
• illusionism
• philosophy
• psychedelics
• introspection
• visual experience
• philosophical zombies

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Organizations: Mind Chat, Substack, ground.news

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