Thursday, December 31, 2009

Closer to the Truth - What is Consciousness?

Excellent, but WAY too short.
What is Consciousness? (107)



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From the Series:
Produced by:
University of Southern California

08/08/2004

Description:
What is Consciousness -- our inner thoughts, feelings, personalities -- the hidden 'Stuff' of our Private Selves? Is there something special about Consciousness, something of the mind not in the brain? This is self awareness, the interior mental experience we call Consciousness. What is the importance of studying Consciousness? The panel discusses the concept of human consciousness.

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Speaker(s):
James Trefil, professor of physics, George Mason University; author of fifteen books

David Chalmers, professor of philosophy, co-head, Center for Consciousness, University of Arizona

John Searle, professor of philosophy, University of California, Berkeley

Marilyn Schlitz, director of Research, Institute of Noetic Science; senior scientist, Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center

Fred Alan Wolf, theoretical physicist, international lecturer on consciousness and the new physics; award-winning author of eight books

Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Ph.D., UCLA; Closer to Truth host

Runtime:00:27:53

Rating:TV-PG


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