Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion"
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Philosopher of mind Keith Frankish is one of the leading proponents of "illusionism," the theory that argues that your subjective experience -- i.e., the "what it is like" to be you -- is a trick of the mind.
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