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The Hard Problem of Consciousness
- New Perspectives on an Age-Old Mystery
- Narrated by: Jack Nolan
- Length: 31 mins
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness
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Summary
Journey into the deepest riddle of mind and matter—the nature of consciousness itself. In The Hard Problem of Consciousness. This book examines humanity's quest to unravel the mystery of subjective experience. How does the grey porridge of the brain give rise to the technicolor enigma of awareness?
This book provides an accessible tour of leading theories, from computational models of cognition to quantum consciousness hypotheses and the concept of consciousness as a fundamental property woven into the fabric of reality. Freudian Trips analyzes historical and contemporary perspectives from neuroscience, psychology, physics, Eastern contemplative traditions, and more.
Written for the curious listener, the book explores without jargon the evolutionary origins of consciousness, brain correlates of conscious states, integrated information theory, panpsychism, artificial intelligence, altered states, the sense of self, and the ethical implications of understanding sentience. Though deep questions remain, this illuminating analysis points towards paths that may finally reconcile first-person experience with our scientific understanding of the universe.