What Is Consciousness Good For?

21/07/2016 52 min Episodio 61
What Is Consciousness Good For?

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Episode Synopsis

How much of what we do is driven by the automatic and the unconscious? When should we bring conscious reasoning to bear? What kinds of tasks is consciousness good for? Nicholas Shea and Barry Smith present a new research project bringing together philosophy, psychology and neuroscience to explore the purpose of consciousness.