Full Debate | Is Consciousness Inexplicable? Marcus Gabriel, Ray Brassier, Eva Jablonka

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Published on March 21, 2016 12:22:25 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94u_I8qwxyw

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Is consciousness inexplicable because it is not part of the material world?

Neuroscience has enabled us to explain how the brain affects the body. Yet there is no theory to explain how the matter of the brain creates thought and experience. Is consciousness inexplicable because it is not part of the material world? Or is it somehow physical after all and within our grasp?

German philosopher Markus Gabriel, philosopher and author of Nihil Unbound Ray Brassier, and evolutionary biologist Eva Jablonka seek answers.

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