Eric Schwitzgebel | Consciousness, Zombies, & First Person Data | Philosophy of Data Science

The philosophical community continuously aims to reconcile differing views on first person data and the consciousness of the mind. Is it possible to live without consciousness? Can one conceive thoughts without matching images to them? In this episode, Eric Schwitzgebel of the University of California tries to dissect such topics and questions to help us better understand the philosophical world. 

 

Keywords: philosophy, epistemic data, first person data, stimulus error, imageless thought, consciousness