#158 Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?

<p>Get all sides of every story and be better informed at <a href="https://ground.news/AlexOC" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://ground.news/AlexOC</a> - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. </p><p><br></p><p>For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: <a href="https://www.alexoconnor.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.alexoconnor.com</a>. </p><p><br></p><p>Keith Frankish is a British philosopher specialising in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science. </p><p><br></p><p>Read Keith&#39;s essay, <a href="https://keithfrankish.github.io/articles/Frankish_Illusionism%20as%20a%20theory%20of%20consciousness_eprint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Illusionism as a theory of consciousness&quot; (2016)</a>.</p><p>Find Keith&#39;s website <a href="https://keithfrankish.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Keith Frankish and Philip Goff co-host a channel &#39;Mind Chat&#39;, where they debate panpsychism versus illusionism, and explore cutting-edge thought on consciousness: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1AxUq1hSacfkzyvDepJRaw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> / @mindchat  </a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>TIMESTAMPS: </strong></p><p>(0:00) Is Consciousness An Illusion? </p><p>(4:02) Do We Have a Private World? </p><p>(10:00) The Nature of Visual Experience </p><p>(20:13) Is Awareness Behavioural? </p><p>(28:17) Isn’t Introspection Itself a Private Experience? </p><p>(33:04) Philosophical Zombies </p><p>(43:05) What Motivates Illusionism? </p><p>(50:02) Psychedelics and the Dissolution of the Self </p><p>(59:23) Why Are Philosophers Always Categorising? </p><p>(1:10:31) Does Alex’s Triangle Exist? </p><p>(1:21:40) Is Pain Just a Reaction to Stimulus? </p><p>(1:49:05) Is Pain an Emergent Phenomenon? </p><p>(1:55:52) What Illusion Is Actually Happening? </p><p>(1:59:07) Can AI Be Conscious? </p><p><br></p><p>CONNECT</p><p>My Website: <a href="https://www.alexoconnor.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.alexoconnor.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>SOCIAL LINKS:</p><p>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic</a></p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmicskeptic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmicskeptic</a></p><p><br></p><p>CONTACT</p><p>Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com</p><p>Brand enquiries: David@modernstoa.co</p>