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This podcast is a deep exploration of the problem of consciousness. Presented by Jesse Winters, The Hard Problem reviews critical evidence in the neuroscience literature, insights from the philosophy of mind, and the author’s novel ideas in pursuit of a robust theory of consciousness.
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Thursday Apr 29, 2021
In Favor of Time
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Key References:
Marcello Massimini and Giulio Tononi 'Sizing Up Consciousness' 2018
JohnJoe McFadden 'Integrating information in the brain's EM field: The cemi field theory of consciousness' 2020

Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Integration in the Universe
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Key References:
Frack Wilczek 'Fundamentals' 2021
David Chalmers 'The Conscious Mind' 1996
Jesse Winters 'The temporally-integrated causality landscape: A theoretical framework for consciousness and meaning' 2020
JohnJoe McFadden 'Integrating information in the brain's EM field: The cemi field theory of consciousness' 2020

Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Me, My Selves, and I
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Key References:
Sam Harris and James Fadiman 'Making Sense' podcast 2021
Carl Rogers 'On Becoming a Person' 1967
Oliver Sacks 'The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat' 1970

Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Of Will and Waveforms
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Key References:
Philip Goff 'Galileo's Error' 2019
Donald Hoffman 'The Case Against Reality' 2019
Brian Greene 'The Elegant Universe' 2003
David Chalmers and Kelvin McQueen 'Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function' 2020
John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997

Thursday Apr 01, 2021
The Implications of Being
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Key References:
A.C. Grayling 'The History of Philosophy' 2019
Jordan Peterson '12 Rules for Life' 2018
Marcus Aurelius 'Meditations' c160 AD

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Me and Jesse
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Key References:
Jaak Panksepp 'Affective Neuroscience' 1998

Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Constructing the Composition
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Key References:
Philip Goff 'Galileo's Error' 2019
Marvin Minsky 'The Society of Mind' 1985

Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Consciousness and Relativity
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Key References:
Marvin Minsky 'The Society of Mind' 1985
Donald Hoffman 'The Case Against Reality' 2019

Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Gist and Focal Attention
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Key References:
Anne Treisman and Garry Gelade 'A Feature-Integration Theory of Attention' 1980
Christof Koch 'The Quest for Consciousness' 2004
Oliver Sacks 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' 1970
Shaul Hochstein 'The Gist of Anne Treisman's Revolution' 2019

Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
On Primary Consciousness
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Key References:
Oliver Sacks 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' 1970
Gerald Edelman 'The Remembered Present' 1989
Patricia Churchland 'Conscience' 2019
Jesse Winters 'The Temporally-Integrated Causality Landscape: A Theoretical Framework for Consciousness and Meaning' 2020