From Materialism to Idealism: David Chalmers and the Mind-Body Problem

I explain how and why some modern philosophers are moving from materialism to idealism.

Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
00:13 – Quick rundown
01:03 – David Chalmers and the mind-body problem
02:48 – Materialism and the hard problem of consciousness
07:43 – Dualism and the interaction problem
09:47 – Eliminativism and attempting to dissolve problems
12:41 – Panpsychism is NOT an alternative
18:40 – Panpsychism and the interaction problem
23:20 – Panpsychism and idealism
28:16 – David Chalmers and the path to idealism
33:26 – Idealism and mental causation
39:26 – Context for modern idealism
43:56 – Macro-idealism
46:30 – Micro-idealism
50:27 – Cosmic idealism
55:42 – The state of modern idealism
59:11 – Close

Sources:

David Chalmers – Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem
https://philpapers.org/archive/CHAIAT...

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – The Hard Problem of Consciousness
https://iep.utm.edu/hard-problem-of-c...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Metaphysics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/me...

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Panpsychism
https://iep.utm.edu/panpsych/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Panpsychism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pa...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Mental Causation
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/me...

Monistic Idealism – Why Panpsychists Should Also be Idealists
   • Why Panpsychists Should Also be Idealists  

David Chalmers – "Dualism and idealism in the foundations of quantum mechanics"
   • David Chalmers "Dualism and idealism in th...  

Peter Ells – 20 Years of “Toward a Science of Consciousness” – Looking Ahead
   • 20 Years of “Toward a Science of Conscious...  

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Neutral Monism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ne...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Behaviorism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/be...

Peter Ells – Pan-Idealism
https://pan-idealism.com/pan-idealism/

Peter Ells – 20 Years of “Toward a Science of Consciousness” – Looking Back
   • 20 Years of “Toward a Science of Conscious...  

Music Credits:

Michael Oakley – Push It To The Limit (Instrumental)
   • Push to the Limit (Instrumental)  

Melodic Retro – Synthwave Workout Retro 80's Aerobic Video Melodic Retro exercise
   • Synthwave Workout Retro 80's Aerobic Video...  

Movie Credits:

Casper (1995)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112642/

Ghost Dad (1990)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099654/

Ghost (1990)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/

#idealism #materialism #dualism #panpsychism #physicalism

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