To support me on Patreon (thank you): http://www.patreon.com/cosmicskeptic To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Josh Rasmussen is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, with an expertise in analytic metaphysics. He is author of several books, including "Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth", "Necessary Existence", "How Reason Can Lead to God", and "Is God the Best Explanation of Things?" . He is also the founder of the Worldview Design YouTube channel, which helps people use reason to address the big questions of life. - LINKS Josh's website: https://joshualrasmussen.com/ Josh's YouTube channel: @WorldviewDesignOfficial Josh's article on the "counting problem": https://joshualrasmussen.com/articles/building-thoughts-from-dust.pdf - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What is so special about consciousness? 3:34 Can science investigate consciousness? 10:34 Is all knowledge circular? 17:22 Is introspection one of our “senses”? 22:18 Consciousness’ mysterious connection to the brain 30:50 Is the universe “mind-first”? 43:19 The hard problem of consciousness 49:32 The problem of “causal exclusion” 58:37 Can consciousness emerge from the material? 1:12:33 How does consciousness combine into one mind? 1:21:01 The “counting problem” for consciousness 1:28:45 Outro - SPECIAL THANKS As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons: John Early Dmitry C. Mouthy Buddha Solaf - CONNECT My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic Snapchat: cosmicskeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com ------------------------------------------