Consciousness has NOT been explained, says Chomsky.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:41 Putnam and Mathematical Realism
00:09:06 Are numbers "real"?
00:10:01 Text vs. Meaning / Content vs. Meaning
00:13:28 Are all words "contrast words"? (only making sense in terms of their negation)
00:16:01 How can the word "meaningless" ever be "meaningful"?
00:17:38 Reference vs. Referent
00:28:32 Daniel Dennett's "Quining Qualia"
00:30:44 Consciousness explained?
00:34:27 Mind Body dualism ("body" is no more fundamental than "mind")
00:44:32 Is Chomsky an idealist?
00:46:29 We can't answer anything with certainty
00:50:53 Articulating what's ambiguous (what the heck is going on!?)
00:58:24 Studying consciousness from the 1st person vs 3rd person perspective
00:59:34 How do we generate "definitions"
01:04:59 Curt's question to the audience (for linguists)

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