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*Does dualism still deserve a place among theories of consciousness?*
Alex Gómez-Marín respects its refusal to reduce mind, consciousness, or spirit to matter, but argues that substance dualism creates a major problem when two separate substances must somehow interact.
0:00 Beyond the Materialism-Dualism Choice
1:51 Why Dualism Deserves Respect
2:56 The Interaction Problem and Other Alternatives
*Alex Gómez-Marín* is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time in inert systems, to the neurobiology of action-perception in living organisms such as flies, worms, mice, and humans.
*More from Alex Gómez-Marín on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* The Science of Consciousness - Barcelona 2025: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pIUoy--cKi3okUdXDGAhKsm
* Alex Gómez-Marín | Closer To Truth: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJiQ2-LdDF7ZNNw2YXEf-RU
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/alex-gomez-marin
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*Does dualism still deserve a place among theories of consciousness?*
Alex Gómez-Marín respects its refusal to reduce mind, consciousness, or spirit to matter, but argues that substance dualism creates a major problem when two separate substances must somehow interact.
0:00 Beyond the Materialism-Dualism Choice
1:51 Why Dualism Deserves Respect
2:56 The Interaction Problem and Other Alternatives
*Alex Gómez-Marín* is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time in inert systems, to the neurobiology of action-perception in living organisms such as flies, worms, mice, and humans.
*More from Alex Gómez-Marín on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* The Science of Consciousness - Barcelona 2025: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pIUoy--cKi3okUdXDGAhKsm
* Alex Gómez-Marín | Closer To Truth: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJiQ2-LdDF7ZNNw2YXEf-RU
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/alex-gomez-marin
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
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* Facebook: facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV
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* X: twitter.com/CloserToTruth
Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Consciousness #AlexGomezMarin #Dualism #PhilosophyOfMind
