What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
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Thomas Nagel's influential essay proposing that consciousness is defined by the subjective experience of being a system, which is crucial for understanding consciousness but difficult to operationalize.
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Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast): A Conversation with Anil Seth (Episode #264)
Sam Harris
Thomas Nagel's influential essay proposing that consciousness is defined by the subjective experience of being a system, which is crucial for understanding consciousness but difficult to operationalize.
Michael Pollan on Consciousness, Psychedelics, and the Limits of Neuroscience
Sam Harris
An influential essay by Thomas Nagel that explores the subjective nature of consciousness and the difficulty of understanding it from an external perspective.