Enjoy this excellent piece about death and consciousness by philosopher Thomas W. Clark. It’s the perfect read for Halloween weekend! I’m looking forward to talking to Thomas for my audio doc series about consciousness in a couple of weeks.
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Guest Post: “Being A Self” by Anil Seth
Talking to Anil Seth for my audio series helped further deepen and refine my understanding of how the experience of self is constructed. Enjoy this fascinating excerpt from his new book, Being You (and then read the book!):
Click here to read the excerpt
Consciousness and the Nature of the Universe
I’m proud to share a discussion of my book by the wonderful Maria Popova on her “Brain Pickings” blog!
The Future of Panpsychism
My commentary on Philip Goff’s Galileo’s Error for the Journal of Consciousness Studies, along with papers by Carlo Rovelli, Sean Carroll, Anil Seth, Galen Strawson, and others will be published in a special issue of JoCS in October 2021. In the meantime, my piece is available now on my website.
My Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman
I spoke with Scott about why I wrote CONSCIOUS, the hard problem, the function of consciousness, free will, and other topics.