Stephen Chorover - What's the Essence of Consciousness?

Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Consciousness is what mental activity feels like, the private inner experience of sensation, thought and emotion. Watching a dramatic movie. Imagining your family’s future. Attending the funeral of a loved one. Consciousness is like nothing else. But what is consciousness, the essence of consciousness, at its most fundamental level? Watch more interviews on the mystery of consciousness: https://bit.ly/3GJlv3Q Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Stephen L. Chorover was a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. Get free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN 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.