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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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Nov 27, 2021
Nov 27, 2021
22 min
Key References:
Jaak Panksepp 'Affective Neuroscience' 1998
Jordan Peterson '12 Rules for Life' 2018
Nov 19, 2021
Nov 19, 2021
18 min
Key References:
Ap Dijksterhuis and Madelijn Strick 'A Case for Thinking Without Consciousness' 2016
Nov 13, 2021
Nov 13, 2021
21 min
Key References:
Jon Mallatt, Michael Blatt, Andreas Draguhn, David Robinson, and Lincoln Taiz 'Debunking a Myth: Plant Consciousness' 2021
Frantisek Baluska and Arthur Reber 'Sentience and Consciousness in Single Cells: How the First Minds Emerged in Unicellular Species' 2019
Nov 8, 2021
Nov 8, 2021
15 min
Key References:
Michael Herzog, Michael Esfeld, and Wulfram Gerstner 'Consciousness and the Small Network Argument' 2007
Jesse Winters 'The Temporally-Integrated Causality Landscape: Reconciling Neuroscientific Theories with the Phenomenology of Consciousness' 2021
Oct 30, 2021
Oct 23, 2021
Oct 23, 2021
18 min
Key References:
A.C. Grayling 'The History of Philosophy' 2019
Patricia Churchland 'Neurophilosophy' 1986
Oct 16, 2021
Oct 16, 2021
19 min
Key References:
D Alan Shewmon, Gregory Holmes, Paul Byrne 'Consciousness in congenitally decorticate children: Developmental vegetative state as self-fulfilling prophecy' 1999
Jaak Panksepp 'Affective Neuroscience' 1998
Oct 8, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
18 min
Key References:
Andrea Lavazza 'Human Cerebral Organoids and Consciousness: A Double-edged Sword' 2020
Sep 30, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
18 min
Key References:
David Chalmers 'The Conscious Mind' 1996
Philip Goff 'Galileo's Error' 2019
Sep 24, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
17 min
Key References:
Personal communications with Dr. Colin Hales, 2021
Frank Wilczek 'Fundamentals' 2021