Peter Watts‘ novel Blindsight (the audiobook for which is available from Recorded Books) takes its title from a phenomenon, of the same name, first observed by philosopher and psychologist Nicholas Humphrey. Humphrey is the guest on an episode of my favourite Australian podcast The Philosopher’s Zone. Here’s the description:
You are in a darkened lecture hall looking at a patch of red projected onto a screen in front of you. What’s involved in “seeing red”? This week, we meet the philosopher and psychologist Nicholas Humphrey who uses the phenomenon of seeing red as way into the mystery of consciousness.
If you think the phenomena of consciousness is interesting and wonder whether dogs think about themselves then have a listen |MP3|
Podcast feed:
http://abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/pze.xml
Posted by Jesse Willis