What do out of body experiences tell us about self-consciousness; Or, Disorders of Self-Consciousness Part 5

Another attempt at popularising my work from over at idontknowwhatiam “I awoke at night – it must have been about 3am – and realized that I was completely unable to move. I was absolutely certain I was not dreaming, as I was enjoying full consciousness. Filled with fear about my …

Somatoparaphrenia: Body Schema Representation Dysfunction? Or; Disorders of self-consciousness part 4

Continuing my theme of attempting easily digestible write ups of my papers here are some thoughts on the delusion somatoparaphrenia… If I know anything at all surely I know that my hand is my hand and not someone else’s. Actually on that, I remember once as an undergrad, when getting frustrated in …

CFP: The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Special Issue of Topoi

apologies for x-postings  CFP: The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Special Issue of Topoi In addition to the below CFP we are also seeking to expand our pool of reviewers for this issue. If you are available to review a paper please contact the guest editors named below. Much work in …

Anosognosia for hemiplegia and types of body representation

xposted at idontknowwhatiam another attempt to popularise what I do! Continuing the theme of providing popular summaries of my papers today I’d like to talk a little about anosognosia for hemiplegia and some implications the disorder has for understanding how we represent our own bodies.

cfa AAP stream "advances in Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences"

Apologies for Cross Posting- please distribute to interested parties As part of this year’s Australasian Association of Philosophy meeting (7th-12th July, University of Quensland St Lucia campus) I will be coordinating a stream called “Advances in Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences”.

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