A Beginner's Guide to "the Hard Problem of Consciousness" (part 1)

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough,
Massachusetts. For more information,
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by Ben Keyes


How is it that your brain can produce your experience of being
you? How is it that we have consciousness at all? This
fundamental question has occupied philosophers for many hundreds
of years. More recent discoveries in neuroscience have not
necessarily brought us closer to an answer. Is the 'hard problem
of consciousness' a true (permanent) mystery or will further
research into the functions of the brain eventually provide a
satisfying explanation? This lecture is part 1 of a series and
will be a layperson's introduction to some of these questions.


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