Tag: David Chalmers
Egnor: The Central Mystery of Our Humanity Is Human Consciousness
The fate of the discipline of consciousness studies may depend on how committed researchers are to finding the facts.
Scientists Examining Consciousness — Here’s the Problem
Many researchers do like to write about consciousness and here are two recent contributions to the accessible literature.
What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind
Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought.
What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out
One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled.
Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?
Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense.