45 - Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking About the Mind with Jack Symes

Feb 17, 2022, 12:00 AM

I’m joined today by Jack Symes, editor of the new book, Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind. Jack is a Teacher and Researcher of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK and is also the co-host of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast.

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00:00 Introduction to the book

15:52 The construction problem 

20:23 Why philosophy of mind? Why not just neuroscience?

28:28 Does Emerson misrepresent illusionism?

38:11 The terminological mess in philmind

46:21 Different forms of panpsychism

52:20 Illusionism redux: the metaproblem of consciousness

1:01:53 Practical implications of illusionism

1:14:58 Podcasting

1:18:55 Practical implications of panpsychism

1:41:37 Paganism and panpsychism

1:52:26 Pantheism

1:55:48 Panpsycast stories

2:02:05 LIVE SHOW

2:03:13 Parting thoughts