
It makes no sense to solve the problem of consciousness, because we are not able to achieve the solution. This is the thesis of Mysterianism. What makes the solution unattainable — find out in this episode of the podcast.
Guest — Alexey Pavlov, PhD, Junior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moderator — Anton Kuznetsov, Ph.D., research associate at the Center for Consciousness Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University
Timecode:
00:00 - Introduction
01:44 - What is mysterianism in the philosophy of consciousness?
05:15 - Colin McGinn and why modern materialism is unsatisfactory
09:03 - What is cognitive closeness?
14:20 - Why are we cognitively closed about the problem of consciousness
18:10 - Philosophy of consciousness and fashion
19:17 - The mysterious C-property between consciousness and the physical
22:30 - Narrow and broad physicalism
24:10 - Why physicalism after all? And how does Mysterianism differ from ordinary skepticism?
28:05 - Is it possible to overcome mysterianism through cognitive transformation
31:09 - How influential is Mysterianism in the philosophy of consciousness?
33:20 - Mysterianism in theology
37:50 - Criteria of unknowability
39:52 - Summary
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