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The Functional Mind

Steve Wagar

What are we, exactly? Not biologically — we have good answers there. I mean scientifically: what kind of thing is a mind, a feeling, a self? I think the answer has been hiding in plain sight for a century. This is where I make the case. thefunctionalmind.substack.com

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22 episodes

  1. Lesson 19: Belief — The Anchor of the Lusion 11:26
  2. Bonus Lesson 2: The Patchwork Mind 15:16
  3. Lesson 18: Thinking and Language — The Conceptual Ratchet 18:07
  4. Lesson 17: Awareness and Attention — The Gatekeepers of Relevance 8:15
  5. Lesson 16: Memory and Intuition — The Past is the Key to the Future 11:33
  6. Lesson 15: Emotions — The Mirror of Belief 10:46
  7. Lesson 14: Qualia — Turning Information into Feelings 9:53
  8. Science Forgot You Exist 6:48
  9. Lesson 13: The Atomic Structure of Consciousness 9:09
  10. Lesson 12: Functional Free Will 8:50
  11. Lesson 11: Satisfaction — The CEO’s Currency 8:24
  12. Lesson 10: The Lusion 9:25
  13. Lesson 9: The Dawn of the Agent 8:03
  14. Lesson 8: The Two Information Ecosystems 9:38
  15. Lesson 7: The Functional Ratchet 7:47
  16. Lesson 6: Navigating Entropy 7:42
  17. Lesson 5: The Recursive Pair 7:39
  18. Lesson 4: The Case for Inclusive Dualism 9:14
  19. Lesson 3: Being Objective About Functional Things 8:00
  20. Lesson 2: The Persistence Test 8:25
  21. Lesson 1: The Missing Lever 6:26
  22. Lesson 0: Welcome to The Functional Mind 7:31