Ep. 103: What is it like to Be an Octopus? (Part II)

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony continue their conversation on the qualia of octopi and how it may relate to human consciousness: When an octopus sees "its" arms below it, does it perceive them as being totally foreign things, or is there some loose sense of unity? Is our inability to draw definitive conclusions about consciousness a result of the limits of empirical/inductive inquiry, or is it more of an a priori/definitional issue? Does biological similarity between species necessarily result in consciousness similarity? How does language factor into this conversation? If other species could talk, would we be able to understand what they say about consciousness, and vice-versa?