The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters

The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters

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The Hard Problem by Jesse Winters episodes

  • The Meaning of Consciousness

    Key References:

    Friedrich Nietzche 'The Gay Science' 1882

    John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997

    Christof Koch 'The Quest for Consciousness' 2004

    David Hume 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' 1748

    19 min
  • The Threshold for Consciousness

    Key References:

    Kalanit Grill-Spector, Tammar Kushnir, Talma Hendler, and Rafael Malach 'The Dynamics of Object-Selective Activation Correlate with Recognition Performance in Humans' 2000

    Stanislas Dehaene 'Consciousness and the Brain' 2014

    Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris 'Gorillas in our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events' 1999

    Marcello Massimini and Giulio Tononi 'Sizing Up Consciousness' 2013

    Benjamin Libet 'Mind Time'2004

    George Mashour, Pieter Roelfsema, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Stanislas Dehaene 'Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal Workspace Hypothesis' 2020

    Oliver Sacks 'The River of Consciousness' 2017

    20 min
  • The Will of Consciousness

    Key References:

    John Searle 'Minds, Brains, and Science' 1984

    Benjamin Libet 'Mind Time' 2004

    Daniel Wegner 'The Illusion of Conscious Will' 2002

    David Hume 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' 1748

    18 min
  • The Point-of-view of Consciousness

    Key References:

    Eric Weinstein 'The Portal' podcast 2020

    Gilbert Ryle 'The Concept of Mind' 1949

    Daniel Dennett 'Consciousness Explained' 1991

    Bernard Baars 'A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness' 1988

    Stanislas Dehaene 'Consciousness and the Brain' 2014

    19 min
  • The Coherence of Consciousness

    Key References:

    Christof Koch 'The Quest for Consciousness' 2004

    Randolph Blake and Nikos Logothetis 'Visual Competition' 2002

    C.L. Hardin 'Color for Philosophers' 1986

    Bernard Baars 'A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness' 1988

    Stanislas Dehaene 'Consciousness and the Brain' 2014

    17 min
  • The Current of Consciousness

    Key References:

    William James 'The Principles of Psychology'1890

    John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997

    Sam Harris 'Waking Up' 2014

    Simons and Charbris 'Gorillas in our midst: Sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events' 1999

    David Hume 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'

    19 min
  • The Self-Identity of Consciousness

    Key References:

    Sam Harris 'Waking Up' 2014

    Gilbert Ryle 'The Concept of Mind' 1949

    Michael Pollan 'How to Change Your Mind' 2018

    Marcus Raichle 'The Brain's Default Mode Network' 2015

     

     

    19 min
  • The Value of Consciousness

    Key References:

    Abraham Maslow 'A Theory of Human Motivation' 1943

    Jordan Peterson '12 Rules for Life' 2018

    William James 'The Principles of Psychology' 1890

    Marcus Aurelius 'Meditations' ~170 CE

    18 min
  • The Landscape of Consciousness

    Key References:

    Jesse Winters 'The Temporally-Integrated Causality Landscape: A Theoretical Framework for Consciousness and Meaning' (In review, 2020)

    Tononi, Boly, Massimini, and Koch 'Integrated Information Theory: From Consciousness to its Physical Substrate' 2016

    22 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…