Evolution and Animal Minds with Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciousness by surveying animal evolution and the emergence of felt experience in seve...

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