Unraveling the Mind:The Mystery of Consciousness

How does the mind relate to and differ from its seemingly inseparable companion, the brain? Where does the mind begin or emerge from? Is it merely a by-product of neural activities within the brain, or does it connect with deeper and more fundamental features of physical reality that possibly span across nature beyond the realm of living forms? Philosopher of mind Ned Block, philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and philosopher Philip Goff dissect the connections between the human mind, brain, and consciousness.

November 17, 2022
The New York Academy of Medicine

[nietztsuki]

I'm sure that Bernardo Kastrup would argue, if he were present in this discussion, that the three options presented by this panel are not the only significant options.

[janklaas]

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The brain is the organic mechanisem by wich conciousness expresses itself as part of the whole of all of spirit.

[Paul]

You could be a panpsychist and a dualist at the same time. Everything has the dual aspects of mind and matter.

[nyworker]

Philosophers are the right people to define the problem but the wrong people to explain how to solve it.

[backwardthoughts]

imagine having a 2 second voluntary attention and concentration capacity ie. everyone talking, and yet having an opinion on consciousness 😂