Ned Block - Can Consciousness be Non-Biological?

Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN If consciousness is 100% physical, we would have to conclude that the same kind of consciousness that we experience as humans can be generated by non-biological entities (eventually). Conversely, if non-biological consciousness would somehow, someday, prove impossible, then consciousness would have to embed some nonphysical aspect. But how would we ever know? Watch more interviews on consciousness: https://bit.ly/45JfZIr Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje 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. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s 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.