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The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters
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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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The Pseudoscience Letter
Oct 21, 202300:16:02Tap to summarizeKey References: Fleming et al. 'The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness as Pseudoscience' 2023
Transcribe →The Paradox of Interdependence
Sep 21, 202300:24:49Tap to summarizeKey References: Alan Watts 'This is It' 1958
Transcribe →Self or Not-Self
Aug 9, 202300:18:08Tap to summarizeKey References: Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rimpoche 'Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness' 1986 Arthur Schopenhauer from 'The Essential Schopenhauer' 2010
Transcribe →Adversarial Theories
Jul 11, 202300:21:28Tap to summarizeKey References: Elizabeth Finkel ‘Adversarial Search for Neural Basis of Consciousness Yields First Results’, 2023 Lucia Melloni et al. (preprint) ‘An Adversarial Collaboration to Critically Evaluate Theories of Consciousness’, 2023
Transcribe →On Pursuing What One Wants
Jun 17, 202300:18:55Tap to summarizeKey References: Sebastian Junger 'Tribe' 2016
Transcribe →Prefrontal Consciousness
Jun 4, 202300:19:04Tap to summarizeKey References: Omri Raccah, Ned Block, and Kieran Fox 'Does the Prefrontal Cortex Play an Essential Role in Consciousness? Insights from Intracranial Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain?' 2021
Transcribe →Emergence and Non-Duality
May 21, 202300:20:37Tap to summarizeKey References: Zoran Josipovic 'Implicit–explicit gradient of nondual awareness or consciousness as such' 2021
Transcribe →Reality as Territory
Apr 23, 202300:20:50Tap to summarizeKey References: Christoph Durt, Tom Froese, and Thomas Fuchs 'Against AI Understanding and Sentience: Large Language Models, Meaning, and the Patterns of Human Language Use' 2023
Transcribe →On Dreaming and Daydreaming
Apr 3, 202300:18:04Tap to summarizeKey References: Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold 'When Brains Dream' 2021 Obada Al Zoubi et al. 'Taking the body off the mind: Decreased functional connectivity between somatomotor and default‐mode networks following Floatation‐REST' 2021
Transcribe →The Lucidity of Conscious States
Mar 27, 202300:16:53Tap to summarizeKey References: Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold 'When Brains Dream' 2021 Hanna Hayat et al. 'Locus coeruleus norepinephrine activity mediates sensory-evoked awakenings from sleep' 2020
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