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.

  1. 10/21/2023

    The Pseudoscience Letter

    Key References: Fleming et al. 'The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness as Pseudoscience' 2023

    16 min

  2. 09/21/2023

    The Paradox of Interdependence

    Key References: Alan Watts 'This is It' 1958

    25 min

  3. 08/09/2023

    Self or Not-Self

    Key References:   Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rimpoche 'Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness' 1986   Arthur Schopenhauer from 'The Essential Schopenhauer' 2010

    18 min

  4. 07/11/2023

    Adversarial Theories

    Key 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

    21 min

  5. 06/17/2023

    On Pursuing What One Wants

    Key References: Sebastian Junger 'Tribe' 2016

    19 min

  6. 06/04/2023

    Prefrontal Consciousness

    Key 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

    19 min

  7. 05/21/2023

    Emergence and Non-Duality

    Key References: Zoran Josipovic 'Implicit–explicit gradient of nondual awareness or consciousness as such' 2021

    21 min

  8. 04/23/2023

    Reality as Territory

    Key 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

    21 min
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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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