{"id":5578,"date":"2025-03-05T15:45:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igpp.de\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:47:39","slug":"the-problem-of-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igpp.de\/en\/the-problem-of-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. em. William Seager: &#8220;The Problem of Consciousness&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; 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Although this problem raises a host of issues it is focused on the question of how a purely material world can be intelligibly related to the phenomena of consciousness. 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