By Hedda Hassel Mørch (See the other posts in this series here!) As Jonathan Birch points out, the Integrated Information Theory of consciousness (IIT) is an outlier in the field of consciousness studies. Other major theories, such as the Global Neuronal Workspace theory (GNW), are clearly compatible with materialism (i.e., …
By Jonathan Birch (See the other posts in this series here!) Part II: The integrated information theory as outlier Part I traced the gradual entry of consciousness into the Overton window of science. I suggested that the rise of computational theories of consciousness, such as the global neuronal workspace theory, …
By Jonathan Birch (See the other posts in this series here!) Part I: Cognitive neuroscience as usual? In politics, the ‘Overton window‘ is the range of positions that can safely raise their heads in public discourse. Propose something outside the window and you can expect resistance—not just to the proposal …
This week, Brains is pleased to welcome Jonathan Birch and Hedda Hassel Mørch, discussing the philosophy and science of consciousness. These posts were inspired by the recent Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness conference in New York, and we’re very happy to have Jonathan and Hedda contributing. There will …
We are delighted to announce the next in our series of Brains Blog Roundtables. The topic of this discussion is animal consciousness! Please join Dan Burnston and our fantastic panelists, Liz Irvine (Cardiff), Rachael Brown (ANU), and Jonathan Birch (LSE) for a great discussion about how to investigate, measure, and …
We’re pleased to share our latest symposium discussing “Zombie intuitions” a new paper in Cognition by Eugen Fischer (University of East Anglia) and Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington), with commentaries by David Chalmers (NYU), Keith Frankish (Sheffield), Michelle Liu (Hertfordshire), and Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh). We thank all of the participants for their contributions!
Welcome to the Brains Blog’s Book Symposium series on Declan Smithies’ The Epistemic Role of Consciousness. In this series, seven critics discuss the book with the author. The critics are Kengo Miyazono, Lu Teng, Takuya Niikawa & Yasushi Ogusa, Brie Gertler, Thomas Raleigh, and Tony Cheng. From April 26 to …
