Philosophy · 18 min
Conscious
By Annaka Harris
This episode explores why the subjective feeling of "being you" remains the most profound and persistent enigma in science, challenging our deepest assumptions about mind and matter.
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Philosophy
Duration
18 min
What it is about
Consciousness, Mind-Body Problem, Subjective Experience, Neuroscience
Who it is for
If you've ever paused to wonder how the physical brain creates your inner world, or felt the limits of scientific explanation for your own subjective experience, this will resonate, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Annaka Harris, a writer and editor with a gift for clarifying complex scientific and philosophical ideas, distills the cutting edge of consciousness research into accessible, thought-provoking questions.
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