Do regular people see a hard problem of consciousness?

Is there even a folk concept of consciousness? Or more specifically of phenomenality? Experimental philosophy seems to be showing that philosophers may be assuming too much about universal intuitions.

A blog post looking at the topics raised in the recent Mind Chat episode.

https://selfawarepatterns.com/2023/02/18/do-regular-people-see-a-hard-problem-of-consciousness/
#consciousness #philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #illusionism #PhenomenalConsciousness

Daniel Dennett | Johns Hopkins Natural Philosophy Forum Distinguished Lecture, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32u12zjgJww

Classic Dennett. No magical theories of consciousness here, just insights on how a system of 86 billion neurons produces a mind. Plus some counters to well known philosophical quotes.

#consciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #philosophy #illusionism

An AI wonders if it has that thing humans call phenomenal consciousness.

Future AI in the therapist's chair
by Keith Frankish

https://iai.tv/articles/future-ai-in-the-therapists-chair-keith-frankish-auid-2387?_auid=2020
#consciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #philosophy #illusionism

Is the debate between phenomenal realists and illusionists really about the scope of perceptual properties? Maybe the illusionist just sees these properties as more limited in scope.
#consciousness #illusionism #PhenomenalConsciousness #qualia #PhilosophyOfMind #philosophy
http://selfawarepatterns.com/2022/12/10/the-debate-between-phenomenal-realism-and-illusionism-and-the-scope-of-perceptual-properties/

@lowderdev I've just noticed @keithfrankish (editor and one of the authors of the book on #illusionism I linked) is on Mastodon!

@lowderdev Agreed, his criticisms of subconscious vs conscious are quite valid.

As you noted, they are not really about free will though. I was disappointed in his conflation of the two concepts.

BTW, there is an interesting theory of #consciousness called #illusionism that posits that what we experience internally as consciousness is really an illusion that our mind projects, and our consciousness is not really privy to the mechanics of our internal thinking process.

https://www.keithfrankish.com/illusionism-as-a-theory-of-consciousness/

New blog post: A dialogue between Philobios and Philopraxis https://www.keithfrankish.com/2022/11/a-dialogue-between-philobios-and-philopraxis/ #illusionism

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