The Complete Consciousness Iceberg | 2 Hours of Obscure Consciousness Theories Explained

Welcome to the complete Iceberg of Consciousness.

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LINKS:
– https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.12.003 Robert Lawrence Kuhn’s behemoth series on consciousness https://closertotruth.com/playlist/the-mystery-of-consciousness-why-is-consciousness-a-mystery/ [The Mystery of Consciousness | Closer to Truth] is something I highly recommend. In fact, any of https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV is fantastic.
– For the STRING THEORY ICEBERG, click here https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY

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LAYER 1
01:31 – Introduction to Layer 1
01:38 – What Is Consciousness?
04:20 – The Mind-Body Problem
06:02 – Sleep, Dreams, and Altered States
08:53 – Free Will vs. Determinism
10:58 – The Self and Identity

LAYER 2
12:56 – Introduction to Layer 2
13:02 – The Hard Problem of Consciousness
16:59 – Qualia and Phenomenal Consciousness
19:27 – Advaita Vedanta (Non-Dualism)
22:59 – John Vervaeke’s Relevance Realization
24:45 – Panpsychism and the Combination Problem
26:58 – Buddhist Consciousness (Yogācāra & Madhyamaka)
29:04 – Global Workspace Theory
31:59 – Carl Jung’s Explanation for Consciousness

LAYER 3
36:03 – Introduction to Layer 3
36:47 – Heidegger’s Concept of Dasein
39:28 – Attention Schema Theory (Michael Graziano)
42:53 – EM-Field Topology & Boundary Problem (Andrés Gómez Emilsson)
46:49 – Joscha Bach’s Theory
53:41 – Donald Hoffman’s Theory
57:47 – Nir Lahav’s Relativistic Consciousness

LAYER 4
01:05:46 – Introduction to Layer 4
01:06:25 – Douglas Hofstadter’s Strange Loops
01:11:50 – Penrose’s Quantum Consciousness
01:16:04 – Christopher Langan’s CTMU
01:20:31 – Johnjoe McFadden’s CEMI Field Theory
01:24:24 – David Chalmers’ Extended Mind Hypothesis
01:29:18 – Iain McGilchrist’s Relational Dual-Aspect Monism

LAYER 5
01:33:04 – Introduction to Layer 5
01:34:35 – Bernardo Kastrup’s Analytic Idealism
01:38:54 – Karl Friston’s Enactive Approach / Free Energy Principle
01:42:12 – Alfred North Whitehead’s Pan-Experientialism
01:46:56 – Mark Solms’ Felt Uncertainty & Affective Theory
01:51:20 – Thomas Metzinger’s Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood

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