Consciousness is NOT an illusion... REALITY IS | William Seager

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00:00:00 Intro

00:07:38 Why Does Consciousness Break Science

00:10:40 Is Life Special? Biophychism: Is Life Consciousness?

00:14:40 Are Observations (Quantum Physics) Dependent on Consciousness?

00:18:10 A Unique Element of Consciousness, distinguishing it from Life

00:21:25 Why is Consciousness Not A Vague Concept?

00:26:40 Are Our Brains Lying to Us? Is Consciousness an Illusion

00:32:58 Is Artificial Intelligence Conscious?

00:35:00 Epiphenomenalism

00:39:25 The Matrix and Divorce of Mind and Reality

00:42:25 How Much of Our Awareness Relies on Sense Data?

00:48:40 Pure Being and Pure Consciousness

00:52:12 Panpsychism, and how it solves the problem of consciousness

00:56:45 Mysterianism and Colin McGinn

00:59:06 Is Panpsychism just sexed-up materialism?

01:03:17 Weak vs. Strong Emergence

01:07:25 Is Panpsychism an Imaginary Science?

01:10:45 Consciousness is Integrated Information

01:14:08 Cosmopsychism

01:20:13 Physical Reactivity is the Signature of Consciousness

01:23:39 Could dark matter or antimatter be without consciousness?