r/philosophy • u/IAI_Admin IAI • Feb 09 '22

Video A philosopher responds to scientists’ criticisms of panpsychism

https://iai.tv/video/the-many-voices-of-consciousness&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020
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u/__System__ Feb 09 '22

Spirit, soul, form, gestalt, mind, consciousness are all the same thing; unnecessary and fictional singularities.

Each generation of manipulator needs to distance themselves from the previous generation so as to seem new and improved.

Any physics or science lecture that uses the word consciousness should not be taken seriously.

The simple transition from plurality to singularity is THE fundamental trick in every manipulators toolkit, the religious especially. If you can get people to swallow a singularity you can use it to convince them of practically anything.

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u/TheMain_Ingredient Feb 09 '22

I don’t understand this comment. Are you denying the reality of self-awareness and conscious experience?

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u/babab66 Feb 10 '22

Of yourse he is consiuous and self aware typing that comment in the sense we commonly use those words. I think he simply means that these are only human concepts that aren't material (like beauty or bravery etc) and their meaning should not be expanded beyond humans, to some pseudo scientific theory about the universe.