Phillip Goff

So by correlation, I mean which kinds of brain activity go along with which kinds of conscious experience. I think of that as the scientific task. Yeah, the neural correlates that give rise. And yeah, of course, no one would dispute that we have established some truths here. You make certain changes to your brain. You get certain kinds of conscious experience.

So by correlation, I mean which kinds of brain activity go along with which kinds of conscious experience. I think of that as the scientific task. Yeah, the neural correlates that give rise. And yeah, of course, no one would dispute that we have established some truths here. You make certain changes to your brain. You get certain kinds of conscious experience.

So by correlation, I mean which kinds of brain activity go along with which kinds of conscious experience. I think of that as the scientific task. Yeah, the neural correlates that give rise. And yeah, of course, no one would dispute that we have established some truths here. You make certain changes to your brain. You get certain kinds of conscious experience.

Actually, we didn't need to do any science, right? I just hit you over the head. You lose consciousness, right? But here's another question. The question of explanation. Why? Why is brain activity, electrochemical signaling, correlated with conscious experience? That's another question. And it's that question that I don't think we can answer with an experiment.

Actually, we didn't need to do any science, right? I just hit you over the head. You lose consciousness, right? But here's another question. The question of explanation. Why? Why is brain activity, electrochemical signaling, correlated with conscious experience? That's another question. And it's that question that I don't think we can answer with an experiment.

Actually, we didn't need to do any science, right? I just hit you over the head. You lose consciousness, right? But here's another question. The question of explanation. Why? Why is brain activity, electrochemical signaling, correlated with conscious experience? That's another question. And it's that question that I don't think we can answer with an experiment.

We have to look at the different possibilities. Here's one possibility. Physical world is fundamental. Particles come together to make atoms, to make molecules, to make electrochemical signaling. Somehow a miracle happens. Consciousness pops out of that. Here's another story. Simple forms of consciousness are fundamental.

We have to look at the different possibilities. Here's one possibility. Physical world is fundamental. Particles come together to make atoms, to make molecules, to make electrochemical signaling. Somehow a miracle happens. Consciousness pops out of that. Here's another story. Simple forms of consciousness are fundamental.

We have to look at the different possibilities. Here's one possibility. Physical world is fundamental. Particles come together to make atoms, to make molecules, to make electrochemical signaling. Somehow a miracle happens. Consciousness pops out of that. Here's another story. Simple forms of consciousness are fundamental.

They combine together to make atoms, to make molecules, to make brain states. And at each level, there are new unified forms of consciousness emerging, ultimately getting our consciousness. Now, both of those stories... will give us the facts about correlation that we have established, that certain kinds of brain activity give us conscious experience. A panpsychist explains that.

They combine together to make atoms, to make molecules, to make brain states. And at each level, there are new unified forms of consciousness emerging, ultimately getting our consciousness. Now, both of those stories... will give us the facts about correlation that we have established, that certain kinds of brain activity give us conscious experience. A panpsychist explains that.

They combine together to make atoms, to make molecules, to make brain states. And at each level, there are new unified forms of consciousness emerging, ultimately getting our consciousness. Now, both of those stories... will give us the facts about correlation that we have established, that certain kinds of brain activity give us conscious experience. A panpsychist explains that.

The more traditional scientific view we call physicalism tries to explain that. If it works out, it explains that. So the scientific data of correlation is just neutral on which of these stories is true. And that's frustrating, but... How can we assess them? Well, we just have to say, which one of these theories has lived up to its explanatory aspirations?

The more traditional scientific view we call physicalism tries to explain that. If it works out, it explains that. So the scientific data of correlation is just neutral on which of these stories is true. And that's frustrating, but... How can we assess them? Well, we just have to say, which one of these theories has lived up to its explanatory aspirations?

The more traditional scientific view we call physicalism tries to explain that. If it works out, it explains that. So the scientific data of correlation is just neutral on which of these stories is true. And that's frustrating, but... How can we assess them? Well, we just have to say, which one of these theories has lived up to its explanatory aspirations?

So the more traditional scientific story, what it's obliged to do is to explain how consciousness emerges from electrochemical signaling in the brain. The hard problem of consciousness, as David Chalmers called it. On that expoundry project, we've got absolutely nowhere by universal admission, despite decades of trying.

So the more traditional scientific story, what it's obliged to do is to explain how consciousness emerges from electrochemical signaling in the brain. The hard problem of consciousness, as David Chalmers called it. On that expoundry project, we've got absolutely nowhere by universal admission, despite decades of trying.

So the more traditional scientific story, what it's obliged to do is to explain how consciousness emerges from electrochemical signaling in the brain. The hard problem of consciousness, as David Chalmers called it. On that expoundry project, we've got absolutely nowhere by universal admission, despite decades of trying.

What the panpsychist does is the mirror image of that expoundry project, right? Rather than starting with physical reality and trying to get consciousness out, you start with consciousness and try and get physical reality out. With that expoundry project, I would say we've done the job. We've solved the mystery. So yeah, so that's...

What the panpsychist does is the mirror image of that expoundry project, right? Rather than starting with physical reality and trying to get consciousness out, you start with consciousness and try and get physical reality out. With that expoundry project, I would say we've done the job. We've solved the mystery. So yeah, so that's...