Psycho-Physical Harmony: can natural selection alone explain experiential rationality? Philip Goff v Dustin Crummett hosted by Andy Kind

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Why do we tend to go for an experience that feels good and when something feels bad, we tend to avoid it? Why are conscious experiences and behaviour paired together in the most rational way? The Unbelievable podcast unpacks the mystery of psycho-physical harmony with Philip Goff, Professor Philosophy at Durham University (an atheist) as he debates Dustin Crummett, a Christian philosopher. Goff believes this topic in philosophy will revolutionize how we perceive the relationship between mind and body and how we make choices based on pain-pleasure. On the podcast this week, we welcome Christian philosopher Dustin Crummett and panpsychist professor Philip Goff from Durham University. Dustin Crummett presents a compelling argument for God as the key to unraveling today's show's enigma. On the other hand, Philip Goff, in his groundbreaking 'Why?' book, proposes an intriguing solution through radical panpsychism, introducing the concept of 'pan-agentialism'—a form of free will attributed to particles, i.e., everything is the agent of its own behavior, whether it is animate or inanimate. Whether you're a seasoned philosopher or a curious mind, this episode will challenge and inspire your views on the harmony between the mind and the physical world. #philosophy #debate #atheism #psychophysicalharmony #christianphylosophy #consciousness SOCIAL LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbelievablefe Facebook: / https://facebook.com/premierunbelievable Instagram: / https://instagram.com/premierunbelievable Tik Tok: / https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievable • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/courses • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:32.0	Any evolutionary story about why we have the conscious experiences we do presupposes
0:39.8	experiential rationality and if it presupposes it can't explain it.
0:44.3	There's a kind of subtle rationality here that natural selection can't explain and if natural
0:50.3	selection can't explain it we need to look elsewhere.
0:53.4	There aren't that many philosophers who have written about this.
0:55.8	It's sort of only now getting attention, but a lot of the ones who have written about this
0:59.7	will actually say things like, this is really odd. I don't have a good explanation of course if you
1:05.7	believed in a benevolent God then you would have an explanation hello and
1:11.9	welcome back to Unbelievable, the podcast that gets Christians and non-Christians
1:16.9	talking about the subjects that matter. To all of us, I am your host and dekind. Today we are talking about something which a lot of us take for
1:25.1	granted which is that when something feels good we tend to go for it and when
1:29.4	something feels bad we tend to avoid it or to put it another way, here's the question, why are conscious experiences
1:36.3	and behavior paired together in the most rational way? What is psychophysical harmony and is there a problem with it?
1:46.0	I've got two guests with me today delighted to welcome back Dr Philip Gough to the
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