{"id":190975,"date":"2024-06-10T20:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/ned-block-whats-the-meaning-of-consciousness"},"modified":"2024-06-10T20:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:24:07","slug":"ned-block-whats-the-meaning-of-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/ned-block-whats-the-meaning-of-consciousness","title":{"rendered":"Ned Block \u2014 What\u2019s the Meaning of Consciousness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ITC7U_Mt8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listen to audio versions of your favorite interviews with the Closer To Truth podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/hwGP3\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/hwGP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only about consciousness can we be 100 percent sure. That consciousness exists almost everyone agrees. What consciousness means\u2014that\u2019s where arguments and disputations arise. Must consciousness have \u2018meaning\u2019? Or can consciousness be a random accident, selected by evolution, the \u2018foam on the waves\u2019 of brain activity. But consciousness seems so radically vital.<\/p>\n<p>Get exclusive subscriber-only benefits with a free Closer To Truth membership: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3He94Ns\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3He94Ns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ned Block is an American philosopher working in the field of the philosophy of mind who has made important contributions to matters of consciousness and cognitive science.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more videos on the mystery of consciousness: <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/nPmWu\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/nPmWu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world\u2019s greatest thinkers exploring humanity\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/ned-block-whats-the-meaning-of-consciousness\">Continue reading \u201cNed Block \u2014 What\u2019s the Meaning of Consciousness?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to audio versions of your favorite interviews with the Closer To Truth podcast: https:\/\/shorturl.at\/hwGP3 Only about consciousness can we be 100 percent sure. That consciousness exists almost everyone agrees. What consciousness means\u2014that\u2019s where arguments and disputations arise. Must consciousness have \u2018meaning\u2019? Or can consciousness be a random accident, selected by evolution, the \u2018foam on [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}