Phillip Goff

There are only certain very specific circumstances in which conscious particles come together to form things with unified consciousness in their own right. And it's a partly scientific task to try and work that out, thinking about the neural correlates and so on.

There are only certain very specific circumstances in which conscious particles come together to form things with unified consciousness in their own right. And it's a partly scientific task to try and work that out, thinking about the neural correlates and so on.

There are only certain very specific circumstances in which conscious particles come together to form things with unified consciousness in their own right. And it's a partly scientific task to try and work that out, thinking about the neural correlates and so on.

I'm inclined to think this is something that natural selection discovered and exploited the circumstances in which simple conscious entities come together to form new kinds of consciousness, new kinds of causal dynamics, which were presumably better for survival. It's a big mystery actually that's not focused on enough. Why did consciousness evolve?

I'm inclined to think this is something that natural selection discovered and exploited the circumstances in which simple conscious entities come together to form new kinds of consciousness, new kinds of causal dynamics, which were presumably better for survival. It's a big mystery actually that's not focused on enough. Why did consciousness evolve?

I'm inclined to think this is something that natural selection discovered and exploited the circumstances in which simple conscious entities come together to form new kinds of consciousness, new kinds of causal dynamics, which were presumably better for survival. It's a big mystery actually that's not focused on enough. Why did consciousness evolve?

You know, natural selection is just interested in behavior, right? Because that's what matters for survival, right? Why didn't natural selection make us complicated survival mechanisms, right? That can sort of mechanically track features of the environment and initiate survival conducive behavior.

You know, natural selection is just interested in behavior, right? Because that's what matters for survival, right? Why didn't natural selection make us complicated survival mechanisms, right? That can sort of mechanically track features of the environment and initiate survival conducive behavior.

You know, natural selection is just interested in behavior, right? Because that's what matters for survival, right? Why didn't natural selection make us complicated survival mechanisms, right? That can sort of mechanically track features of the environment and initiate survival conducive behavior.

You know, we now know with AI and robotics that you can have incredibly complex information processing and behavior without any kind of inner life. So why is natural selection given us inner life, rich, conscious understanding? I think the kind of

You know, we now know with AI and robotics that you can have incredibly complex information processing and behavior without any kind of inner life. So why is natural selection given us inner life, rich, conscious understanding? I think the kind of

You know, we now know with AI and robotics that you can have incredibly complex information processing and behavior without any kind of inner life. So why is natural selection given us inner life, rich, conscious understanding? I think the kind of

non-reductionist panpsychism I go for has a good answer for this, that natural selection was exploiting the emergence of new forms of unified conscious experience that are presumably better for survival than just mechanistic forms of behavior. But I think like a politician, I've sort of dodged your question about how this helps. I suppose also connecting to more spiritual issues, perhaps there's

non-reductionist panpsychism I go for has a good answer for this, that natural selection was exploiting the emergence of new forms of unified conscious experience that are presumably better for survival than just mechanistic forms of behavior. But I think like a politician, I've sort of dodged your question about how this helps. I suppose also connecting to more spiritual issues, perhaps there's

non-reductionist panpsychism I go for has a good answer for this, that natural selection was exploiting the emergence of new forms of unified conscious experience that are presumably better for survival than just mechanistic forms of behavior. But I think like a politician, I've sort of dodged your question about how this helps. I suppose also connecting to more spiritual issues, perhaps there's

maybe more of a consonance between panpsychism and certain spiritual convictions about reality. And actually, I should say... before I say any more about this, the panpsychist community is very much split on this issue. Maybe it's a little bit like the split in the early psychoanalytic community.

maybe more of a consonance between panpsychism and certain spiritual convictions about reality. And actually, I should say... before I say any more about this, the panpsychist community is very much split on this issue. Maybe it's a little bit like the split in the early psychoanalytic community.

maybe more of a consonance between panpsychism and certain spiritual convictions about reality. And actually, I should say... before I say any more about this, the panpsychist community is very much split on this issue. Maybe it's a little bit like the split in the early psychoanalytic community.

You know, you had followers of Jung who were into spiritual collective unconscious and archetypes and things. And then the followers of Freud who said, that's all superstitious nonsense. We want this to be real science. Similarly, Some panpsychists, like maybe David Chalmers, insofar as he's inclined to panpsychism, or Luke Roloffs, are very atheist, secular reductionists. Angela Mendelovici.

You know, you had followers of Jung who were into spiritual collective unconscious and archetypes and things. And then the followers of Freud who said, that's all superstitious nonsense. We want this to be real science. Similarly, Some panpsychists, like maybe David Chalmers, insofar as he's inclined to panpsychism, or Luke Roloffs, are very atheist, secular reductionists. Angela Mendelovici.