Materialism and the Nature of Consciousness Debate James Fodor vs Akhandadhi Das

Akhaṇḍādhi Dāsa, James Fodor · Debate · 1h 59m· Sep 2021

Vedanta philosopher Akhandadhi Das argues against physicalist neuroscientist James Fodor that qualia and the unified experiencer are real functions no brain-only account can locate, while Fodor counters that anything beyond the brain is an ontological cost with zero explanatory payoff.

consciousness · hard problem of consciousness · materialism · philosophy of mind · physicalism · qualia · vedanta philosophy


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