People define "consciousness" in many ways. Anil Seth discusses his preferred definitions, why theories "talk past each other", phenomenal consciousness vs. access consciousness, and strong vs. weak versions of "illusionism".

Dr. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Oxford Academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness.

More clips:    • Anil Seth Interview: The "Real Proble...  
Full interview:   / ihmcurious  

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Chapters:
0:00: What is consciousness?
1:23: Theories talking past each other
3:35: Illusionism (does consciousness exist?)
4:53: The value of "weak" illusionism

Richard Brown reacting to Galen Strawson on illusionism:    • Richard Brown reacts to "Galen Straws...  
The part I mentioned is in Part 3:    • [part 3: this is HORRIBLE] Richard Br...