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Steven Gotlib & Eli Rubin: What Does It Mean To Be Human? [AI 1/4]

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Oct 28, 2025
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INSIGHT

Three Models For Consciousness

  • Steven Gotlib outlines three models: dualism, materialism, and panpsychism for explaining consciousness.
  • He suggests Torah-compatible views (dualist/panpsychist) better address the combination problem and human uniqueness.
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Human Soul As Divine Intervention

  • Eli contrasts animal souls (integrated with body) with human souls (divine intervention breathed in).
  • The human soul is described as an external, divine element that animates and transcends material life.
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The Hard Problem Made Tangible

  • Gotlib illustrates the 'hard problem' with a 20-second silence exercise highlighting a pre-thought sense of self.
  • He defines the hard problem as why there is any subjective self at all, not just how it works.
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