# #67 Is Consciousness Physical? - Emerson Green

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Podcast: [The Uncertainty Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-uncertainty-podcast-7089022)
Published: 2026-01-15T19:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://mileskdonahue.substack.com/p/67-is-consciousness-physical-emerson
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## Resource

Emerson Green walks through three powerful objections to attempts to reduce consciousness to the brain: phenomenal transparency, philosophical zombies, and vagueness.Check out Emerson's YouTube channel . To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating, either via PayPal or Buy Me a Coffee . Follow me on X-formerly-Twitter . EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:05 What are you a YouTuber? 00:19:08 Objection #1 - Phenomenal transparency 00:29:22 Why physicalism cannot tolerate transparency 00:32:31 What if consciousness is translucent? 00:38:36 Maybe there are no mental states at all 00:49:52 Objection #2 - Philosophical zombies 01:00:57 Different types of conceivability 01:12:29 What about modal skepticism? 01:17:32 Objection #3 - Vagueness 01:24:40 When do we go from non-conscious to conscious? Get full access to Miles K. Donahue at mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe

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