Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-01-21
Books mentioned on What Is Consciousness? - Philip Goff - #272
Philip Goff is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and an author. Consciousness is the most evident of all phenomenons.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is a speculative philosophy and science book that examines the existential risks and pathways of developing artificial general intelligence that surpasses human cognitive capabilities.
Discussed“and these questions from nick bostrom and the other guys at the future of humanities institute have been something i've really enjoyed thinking about ever since i read super intelligence”
Where to get it
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Galileo's Error
Galileo's Error by Philip Goff is a philosophy of mind book that tackles the hard problem of consciousness, arguing that standard physicalist science is fundamentally unequipped to explain subjective experience and proposing panpsychism as a viable alternative.
Recommended“galileo's error now in paperback the us paperbacks just come out”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Galileo's Error
“so the subtitle of my book is foundations for a new science of consciousness so i'm not doing science”
Own book Galileo's Error
“and you know so and what i've tried to press my you know the reason for the title of my book galileo's error is that you know we shouldn't be surprised that our standard scientific approach can't account for consciousness”