The Complete Consciousness Iceberg | 2 Hours of Obscure Consciousness Theories Explained


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Feb 19 2025 119 mins   162

Welcome to the complete Iceberg of Consciousness.


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LAYER 1

01:31 – Introduction to Layer 1

01:38 – What Is Consciousness?

04:20 – The Mind-Body Problem

06:02 – Sleep, Dreams, and Altered States

08:53 – Free Will vs. Determinism

10:58 – The Self and Identity


LAYER 2

12:56 – Introduction to Layer 2

13:02 – The Hard Problem of Consciousness

16:59 – Qualia and Phenomenal Consciousness

19:27 – Advaita Vedanta (Non-Dualism)

22:59 – John Vervaeke’s Relevance Realization

24:45 – Panpsychism and the Combination Problem

26:58 – Buddhist Consciousness (Yogācāra & Madhyamaka)

29:04 – Global Workspace Theory

31:59 – Carl Jung’s Explanation for Consciousness


LAYER 3

36:03 – Introduction to Layer 3

36:47 – Heidegger’s Concept of Dasein

39:28 – Attention Schema Theory (Michael Graziano)

42:53 – EM-Field Topology & Boundary Problem (Andrés Gómez Emilsson)

46:49 – Joscha Bach’s Theory

53:41 – Donald Hoffman’s Theory

57:47 – Nir Lahav’s Relativistic Consciousness


LAYER 4

01:05:46 – Introduction to Layer 4

01:06:25 – Douglas Hofstadter’s Strange Loops

01:11:50 – Penrose’s Quantum Consciousness

01:16:04 – Christopher Langan’s CTMU

01:20:31 – Johnjoe McFadden’s CEMI Field Theory

01:24:24 – David Chalmers’ Extended Mind Hypothesis

01:29:18 – Iain McGilchrist’s Relational Dual-Aspect Monism


LAYER 5

01:33:04 – Introduction to Layer 5

01:34:35 – Bernardo Kastrup’s Analytic Idealism

01:38:54 – Karl Friston’s Enactive Approach / Free Energy Principle

01:42:12 – Alfred North Whitehead’s Pan-Experientialism

01:46:56 – Mark Solms’ Felt Uncertainty & Affective Theory

01:51:20 – Thomas Metzinger’s Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood


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