Dr. Richard Brown is a professor in the Philosophy Program and an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Program at LaGuardia Community College. Today, he joins us to discuss the origin of consciousness, consciousness in animals, philosophy of God, and other interesting questions about life. WELCOME TO CAMP! 🏕️ Shoutout to our sponsors: Magic Spoon, Morgan & Morgan and Bluechew! MagicSpoon: https://magicspoon.com/camp 🏕️GET YOUR CAMP MERCH HERE: https://campgoods.co/ 🏕️ FREE NEWSLETTER HERE: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ TIMESTAMP: 0:00 What Is Consciousness? 8:57 What Is An Animal's Conscious Experience? 18:25 Difference In Visual Perceptions 33:07 Neuroscience In Psychology 37:05 Integrated Information Theory 39:14 Attention In Consciousness + Psychology Experiments 44:14 Recurrency In The Brain 46:27 Higher Order of Philosophy + Seeing Red As Green 50:06 Example of Order of Philosophy 1:04:46 Galileo's Error + Panpsychism 1:19:58 Challenges For Panpsychism and Dualism 1:23:31 Evolution of The Idea of Consciousness 1:26:44 Is Knowledge Validity? 1:34:52 Neutral Monism 1:36:15 Agnosticism 1:41:09 The Speed of Light 1:42:40 Astrology 1:44:15 Basis of Belief + God 1:54:38 Philosophy and Comedy 1:56:06 Hypnotism 1:59:49 Psychological Explanations For NHI Encounter 2:09:31 Empirical Evidence For Supernatural Events 2:17:45 Sensing People Staring + Double Slit Experiment