TODAY MARKS A HISTORIC DAY FOR BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB: IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS OUR FIRST WORK OF PHILOSOPHY, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A BAT? BY THOMAS NAGEL. IN THIS SEMINAL PAPER, NAGEL POSES ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN ALL OF PHILOSOPHY AND DISCUSSES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD. CAN CONSCIOUSNESS BE REDUCED TO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN WHICH PRODUCES IT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF CONSCIOUSNESS? WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE? IN DISCUSSING THE PAPER WE ALSO TOUCH ON PANPSYCHISM, MONISM, THEORETICAL PHYSICS, AND...WHAT'S THAT? MYTHOLOGY?? TUNE IN FOR A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO SINGLE GREATEST MINDS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN .
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ARE YOU A PHYSICALIST? PANPSYCHIST? MONIST? DO YOU THINK WE COULD EVER KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A BAT? LET US KNOW AT NATHANISCASHMONEY@GMAIL.COM
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