Consciousness: A strange theory
Is consciousness everywhere? Humans are conscious, but is consciousness also in tables and chairs? David Chalmers explains why this claim is worth taking seriously.
Human consciousness - our subjective experience - remains a mystery.
How is it that we can smell coffee and feel the touch of a flower? How does the brain produce consciousness? Well, one of the world鈥檚 top philosophers, David Chalmers, has a suggestion.
Perhaps consciousness exists everywhere, in some form; perhaps it exists in every subatomic particle 鈥� the particles that make up not just humans, but tables and chairs. It sounds completely wacky?
But Professor Chalmers explains why it鈥檚 a theory worth taking seriously.
Presenter David Edmonds
Producer Ben Cooper
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