TED Talks
John Searle: Our shared condition -- consciousness
TV-PG
2013 • E145 Jul 22, 2013 15mPhilosopher John Searle lays out the case for studying human consciousness — and systematically shoots down some of the common objections to taking it seriously. As we learn more about the brain processes that cause awareness, accepting that consciousness is a biological phenomenon is an important first step. And no, he says, consciousness is not a massive computer simulation. (Filmed at TEDxCERN.)