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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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Aug 3, 2022
Aug 3, 2022
17 min
Key References:
Pelin Kesebir 'A Quiet Ego Quiets Death Anxiety: Humility as an Existential Anxiety Buffer' 2014
Roland Griffiths et al. 'Psilocybin Produces Substantial and sustained Decreases in Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Life-threatening Cancer: A Randomized Double-blind Trial' 2016
Michael Pollan 'How to Change Your Mind' 2018
Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
16 min
Key References:
Gilbert Ryle 'The Concept of Mind' 1949
Peter Godfrey-Smith 'Metazoa' 2020
Frank Wilczek 'Fundamentals' 2021
Jul 8, 2022
Jun 30, 2022
Jun 30, 2022
17 min
Key References
Peter Godfrey-Smith 'Metazoa' 2020
Julia Groening, Dustin Venini, and Mandyam Srinivasan 'In Search of Evidence for the Experience of Pain in Honeybees: A Self-Administration Study' 2017
Jun 22, 2022
Jun 22, 2022
21 min
Key References:
Colin Hales and Marissa Ericson 'Electromagnetism's Bridge Across the Explanatory Gap: How a Neuroscience/Physics Collaboration Delivers Explanation into All Theories of Consciousness' 2022
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
16 min
Key References:
Nico Grant and Cade Metz 'Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims its AI is Sentient' New York Times 2022
Nils Nilsson 'The Quest for Artificial Intelligence' 2010
Mary Papenfuss 'Google Engineer on Leave after He Claims AI Program has gone Sentient' Huffington Post 2022
John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997
Jun 10, 2022
Jun 10, 2022
17 min
Key References:
Michael Gazzaniga 'Tales from Both Sides of the Brain' 2015
Giulio Avvenuti et al. 'Integrity of Corpus Callosum for the Cross-Hemispheric Propagation of Sleep Slow Waves: A High-Density EEG Study in Split-Brain Patients' 2020
Jun 2, 2022
Jun 2, 2022
18 min
Key References:
Aldous Huxley 'The Doors of Perception' 1954
Shitij Kapur 'Psychosis as a State of Aberrant Salience: A Framework Linking Biology, Phenomenology, and Pharmacology in Schizophrenia' 2003
May 28, 2022
May 20, 2022