Joscha Bach Debates Neuroscientists on Biological Basis of Consciousness

Joscha Bach and neuroscientist Anil Seth debated whether consciousness requires a biological substrate. Bach argued that current neuroscience lacks strong evidence for this dependency, suggesting biological naturalism might require new physics to hold true.

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