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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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Friday May 13, 2022
The Mind’s Levers
Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
Key References:
Matthew Lieberman 'Boo! The Consciousness Problem in Emotion' 2018

Friday May 06, 2022
The Doors of Deception
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Key References:
Aldous Huxley 'The Doors of Perception' 1954

Friday Apr 29, 2022
The Evolution of Qualia
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Key References:
Thurston Lacalli 'Consciousness as a Product of Evolution: Contents, Selector Circuits, and Trajectories in Experience Space' 2021

Friday Apr 22, 2022
The Probability of Consciousness
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Key References:
Tam Hunt, Marissa Ericson, and Jonathan Schooler 'Where's my Consciousness-Ometer: How to Test for the Presence and Complexity of Consciousness' 2022
Daniel Dennett 'From Bacteria to Bach and Back' 2017
Jordan Ellenberg 'How Not to Be Wrong' 2014

Friday Apr 15, 2022
Consciousness and Creativity
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Key References:
Tam Hunt, Marissa Ericson, and Jonathan Schooler 'Where's my Consciousness-Ometer: How to Test for the Presence and Complexity of Consciousness' 2022

Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Consciousness and Individuality
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Key References:
Jean Piaget 'The Moral Judgement of the Child' 1932
Friedrich Nietzsche 'Beyond Good and Evil' 1886

Friday Mar 25, 2022
Critical Critical Consciousness
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Key References:
John Stuart Mill 'On Liberty' 1869
Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic 'Critical Race Theory: An Introduction' 2001
Christian Fuchs 'Critical Theory' 2015
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 'The Gulag Archipelago' 1973

Friday Mar 18, 2022
Consciousness and Disorder
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Key References:
Robert Friedel 'Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified' 2018
Micah Johnson 'How Responsible are Killers with Brain Damage' 2018

Friday Mar 11, 2022
Personality and Consciousness
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Key References:
Jessie Sun, Scott Barry Kaufman, and Luke Smillie 'Unique Associations Between Big Five Personality Aspects and Multiple Dimension of Well-Being' 2016

Friday Mar 04, 2022
Sanity and Reality
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Key References:
Rene Descartes 'A Discourse on Method' 1637