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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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Feb 26, 2022
Feb 26, 2022
22 min
Key References:
Peter Kitchener and Colin Hales 'What Neuroscientists Think, and Don't Think, about Consciousness' 2022
Jesse Winters 'The Temporally-Integrated Causality Landscape: Reconciling Neuroscientific Theories with the Phenomenology of Consciousness' 2021
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
21 min
Key References:
Neil Degrasse Tyson 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry' 2017
Feb 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022
18 min
Key References:
Oliver Sacks 'Hallucinations' 2012
Christof Koch 'The Quest for Consciousness' 2004
Jan 29, 2022
Jan 29, 2022
20 min
Key References:
Giulio Tononi and Christof Koch 'Consciousness: Here, There, and Everywhere' 2015
Paco Calvo, Frantisek Baluska, and Anthony Trewavas 'Integrated Information as a Possible Basis for Plant Consciousness' 2021
Frantisek Baluska, William B. Miller Jr., and Arthur S. Reber 'Biomolecular Basis of Cellular Consciousness via Subcellular Nanobrains' 2021
Jan 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022
18 min
Key References:
George Orwell '1984' 1949
Oliver Sacks 'Hallucinations' 2012
A.C. Grayling 'The History of Philosophy' 2019
Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022
16 min
Key References:
Alan Watts
Jesse Winters 'The Temporally-Integrated Causality Landscape: Reconciling Neuroscientific Theories with the Phenomenology of Consciousness' 2021
Jan 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022
18 min
Key References:
Ana Lucia Valencia and Tom Froese 'What binds us? Inter-brain neural synchronization and its implications for theories of human consciousness' 2020
Dec 21, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
18 min
Key References:
Zonghuo Yu and Fei Wang 'Income Inequality and Happiness: An Inverted U-Shaped Curve' 2017
Thomas Metzinger 'Minimal Phenomenal Experience: Meditation, Tonic Alertness, and the Phenomenology of "Pure" Consciousness' 2020
Dec 7, 2021
Dec 7, 2021
18 min
Key References:
Zirui Huang, Vijay Tarnal, Phillip Vlisades, Ellen Janke, Amy McKinney, Paul Picton, George Mashour, and Anthony Hudetz 'Anterior Insula Regulates Brain Network Transitions that Gate Conscious Access' 2021