Channel: Closer To Truth

Category: Education

Tags: conscious dualismconsciousnesscloser to truthj.l. schellenbergrobert lawrence kuhnphysical reductionism

Description: What is consciousness, our inner experience of private awareness? Can consciousness be explained by only physical activities of the physical world? Because if not, if there is anything else required to explain consciousness in addition to the physical brain, then consciousness would defeat a materialistic or physicalistic worldview. Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on consciousness: bit.ly/3P5uiyY J.L. Schellenberg is a Canadian philosopher known both for his atheism and for his defense of a broader skepticism compatible with atheism -- a form of skepticism which, as it happens, opens a path to a new evolutionary brand of religion. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, 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.