Am I Just My Brain?

By Sharon Dirckx in January 2025

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Runtime: 38 mins

Sharon Dirckx explores the nature of human consciousness and identity, questioning whether we are merely our brains or something more. She delves into various philosophical perspectives, including reductive physicalism, non-reductive physicalism, substance dualism, and panpsychism. She also discusses the implications of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and clinical observations like near-death experiences, arguing that human beings are complex, integrated entities with both physical and spiritual dimensions, and that our consciousness cannot be fully explained by brain activity alone. She concludes by emphasizing the importance of considering both scientific and philosophical perspectives to understand human identity.

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Produced in January 2025. Provisional captions.

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