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Daniel Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind and philosophy of science; particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_problem
In this clip, Dennett discusses what is known as "The Binding Problem." Namely, how is the unity of conscious perception brought about by the distributed activities of the central nervous system? Dennett argues that while it may intuitively seem like consciousness is a unitary phenomena, cognitive science has illustrated that one's experience is much less unified then first believed. As a result, Dennett concludes that one's sense of unity is simply an illusion.
Daniel Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind and philosophy of science; particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_problem
In this clip, Dennett discusses what is known as "The Binding Problem." Namely, how is the unity of conscious perception brought about by the distributed activities of the central nervous system? Dennett argues that while it may intuitively seem like consciousness is a unitary phenomena, cognitive science has illustrated that one's experience is much less unified then first believed. As a result, Dennett concludes that one's sense of unity is simply an illusion.
