Channel: Closer To Truth

Category: Education

Tags: consciousnesscloser to truthrobert lawrence kuhnken mogi

Description: What would it take for consciousness to defeat materialism or physicalism? This is the worldview that only the physical is real, which is the dominant view of scientists and philosophers. Here's what it would take: our inner awareness, our experience of what things feel like, could not be explained by physical brain alone That's it. A tall order, though. Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on consciousness: closertotruth.com/series/does-consciousness-defeat-materialism-part-2 Ken Mogi is a Senior Researcher at Sony Computer Science Labs. 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.