Tag: Perceptronium

Endless reflections of mirrors in labyrinth house

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 14, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Carl Sagan, Christof Koch on consciousness, Connectome and consciousness, Consciousness (search for engine of consciousness), Feeling of Life Itself (MIT Press 2019), Francis COllins on connectome, Greg Peterson, Jeff Hawkins, Jeff Lichtman, Max Tegmark, Paul D. MacLean, Perceptronium, Sebastian Seung, Tam Hunt, Triune brain theory}

Hall of Mirrors: The Many Ways Consciousness Baffles Researchers

_{Does consciousness have a seat at the table? Wait a minute. Isn’t consciousness the table? Or is it?} _{Denyse O'Leary

February 14, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The human brain was bound to disappoint a pop culture quest for easy answers; brain imaging has not turned out to be a road map of the mind. Read More ›

A pile of photographic memories with a pancake photo

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 16, 2019

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, David A. Oakley, Featured, Galen Strawson, hard problem of consciousness, Materialism, Max Tegmark, Memory, Paul Thagard, Perceptronium, Peter Halligan, Philosophy}

How Can Consciousness Be a Material Thing?

_{Maybe it can’t. But materialist philosophers face starkly limited choices in how to view consciousness} _{Denyse O'Leary

January 16, 2019

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

In analytical philosopher Galen Strawson’s opinion, our childhood memories of pancakes on Saturday, for example, are—and must be—"wholly physical." Read More ›