The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters

The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters

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The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters episodes

  • Self or Not-Self

    Key References:

     

    Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rimpoche 'Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness' 1986

     

    Arthur Schopenhauer from 'The Essential Schopenhauer' 2010

    19 min
  • 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

     

    22 min
  • 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

    20 min
  • 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
  • On Dreaming and Daydreaming

    Key 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

    19 min
  • The Lucidity of Conscious States

    Key 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

    17 min

About 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…