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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 May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Key References:
Friedrich Nietzche 'The Gay Science' 1882
John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997
Christof Koch 'The Quest for Consciousness' 2004
David Hume 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' 1748
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Key References:
Kalanit Grill-Spector, Tammar Kushnir, Talma Hendler, and Rafael Malach 'The Dynamics of Object-Selective Activation Correlate with Recognition Performance in Humans' 2000
Stanislas Dehaene 'Consciousness and the Brain' 2014
Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris 'Gorillas in our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events' 1999
Marcello Massimini and Giulio Tononi 'Sizing Up Consciousness' 2013
Benjamin Libet 'Mind Time'2004
George Mashour, Pieter Roelfsema, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Stanislas Dehaene 'Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal Workspace Hypothesis' 2020
Oliver Sacks 'The River of Consciousness' 2017
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Key References:
John Searle 'Minds, Brains, and Science' 1984
Benjamin Libet 'Mind Time' 2004
Daniel Wegner 'The Illusion of Conscious Will' 2002
David Hume 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' 1748
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Key References:
Eric Weinstein 'The Portal' podcast 2020
Gilbert Ryle 'The Concept of Mind' 1949
Daniel Dennett 'Consciousness Explained' 1991
Bernard Baars 'A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness' 1988
Stanislas Dehaene 'Consciousness and the Brain' 2014
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Key References:
Christof Koch 'The Quest for Consciousness' 2004
Randolph Blake and Nikos Logothetis 'Visual Competition' 2002
C.L. Hardin 'Color for Philosophers' 1986
Bernard Baars 'A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness' 1988
Stanislas Dehaene 'Consciousness and the Brain' 2014
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Key References:
William James 'The Principles of Psychology'1890
John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997
Sam Harris 'Waking Up' 2014
Simons and Charbris 'Gorillas in our midst: Sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events' 1999
David Hume 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Key References:
Sam Harris 'Waking Up' 2014
Gilbert Ryle 'The Concept of Mind' 1949
Michael Pollan 'How to Change Your Mind' 2018
Marcus Raichle 'The Brain's Default Mode Network' 2015
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Key References:
Abraham Maslow 'A Theory of Human Motivation' 1943
Jordan Peterson '12 Rules for Life' 2018
William James 'The Principles of Psychology' 1890
Marcus Aurelius 'Meditations' ~170 CE
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Key References:
Jesse Winters 'The Temporally-Integrated Causality Landscape: A Theoretical Framework for Consciousness and Meaning' (In review, 2020)
Tononi, Boly, Massimini, and Koch 'Integrated Information Theory: From Consciousness to its Physical Substrate' 2016