Consciousness and AI

 Philosophical Debates on Consciousness

What It Feels Like to Think About Thinking—Until It Thinks Back

Why does consciousness exist?

What is the self—and can it disappear?

Could your dog be sentient, your phone be faking it, or the universe itself be aware?

In Philosophical Debates on Consciousness, you’ll journey through the most mind-bending, soul-searching, and neuron-pinging questions in philosophy today. From Descartes’ dualism to Chalmers’ hard problem, from panpsychism and AI ethics to psychedelic ego death and cosmic mind theories—this book doesn’t promise final answers. But it does promise the best questions.

Accessible yet rigorous, irreverent yet respectful, this is not a textbook. It’s a guided tour through the philosophical jungle of:

Zombies that behave like you (but feel nothing),

Scientists who know everything about color (but haven’t seen red),

Brains that split in two (but still argue over lunch),

And flashlights that can’t quite find their own beam.

Whether you’re a philosopher, scientist, mystic, or simply human, this book is for anyone who’s ever wondered:

What is it like to be?

And why does it matter?

Clever, compassionate, and unafraid of confusion, Philosophical Debates on Consciousness invites you not to solve the mystery—but to sit with it.