On consciousness– with Christof Koch. Sense and Science - with Gaute Einevoll
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- Physics
The greatest mystery of all is why a group of atoms, like the ones constituting me, can feel anything. The mind-brain problem has puzzled philosophers for millennia.
Thanks to pioneers like Christof Koch, consciousness studies have recently become a legitimate field of scientific inquiry. He has written three excellent books on the topic.
We discuss many aspects of the phenomenon, including an intriguing candidate theory: Integrated Information Theory.
The greatest mystery of all is why a group of atoms, like the ones constituting me, can feel anything. The mind-brain problem has puzzled philosophers for millennia.
Thanks to pioneers like Christof Koch, consciousness studies have recently become a legitimate field of scientific inquiry. He has written three excellent books on the topic.
We discuss many aspects of the phenomenon, including an intriguing candidate theory: Integrated Information Theory.
2 hrs 4 min