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[194] Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness By Philip Goff

May 8, 2025·19 min·1 clip

The hard problem of consciousness asks why all that neural activity feels like anything from the inside at all.

This episode explores the philosophical roots of the 'hard problem' of consciousness, tracing it back to Galileo's decision to exclude subjective qualities from science. It examines the limitations of dualism and materialism, and introduces panpsychism as an alternative theory proposing consciousness is a fundamental property of all matter.

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