Hume's internal bundle grows a few extra knots
Thinking about consciousness is no longer the preserve of philosophers; it is part of science too. Experts from a range of disciplines give their individual views The problem of consciousness is to...
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Hume's internal bundle grows a few extra knots
Thinking about consciousness is no longer the preserve of philosophers; it is part of science too. Experts from a range of disciplines give their individual views I am working on a programme...
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Hume's internal bundle grows a few extra knots
Thinking about consciousness is no longer the preserve of philosophers; it is part of science too. Experts from a range of disciplines give their individual views What is the relationship between our...
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Hume's internal bundle grows a few extra knots
1 Consciousness is in the brain. Approach pursued by hands-on neuroscientists, such as Susan Greenfield, who seek to understand consciousness by studying the actual material of which our brains are...
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Do you believe in psychic phenomena? Are they likely to be able to explain consciousness?
Jessica Utts and Brian D. Josephson are open to the idea, while Susan Blackmore is sceptical Those who recognise that significant discoveries in science are often prompted by observations that do not...
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Can machines ever be conscious?
Igor Aleksander believes they can, Jaron Lanier disagrees It is collective self-flattery for the computer science community to argue that computers can be conscious. I will argue that they cannot....
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Does consciousness emerge from quantum processes?
Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose think it does, while Patricia Churchland is less convinced How can we comprehend the nature of our conscious experience? This question provokes four types of...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD Honorary DLitt: cinematographers Jack Cardiff and Douglas Slocombe. GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA DMus: Ian Horsburgh, principal of the school in recognition of his...
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Do you believe in psychic phenomena? Are they likely to be able to explain consciousness?
Jessica Utts and Brian D. Josephson are open to the idea. Those who recognise that significant discoveries in science are often prompted by observations that do not fit expectations will find a...
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Do you believe in psychic phenomena? Are they likely to be able to explain consciousness?
Susan Blackmore is sceptical. If you took a time machine and travelled back anywhere in parapsychology's 60-year history you might hear parapsychologists say something like this: "The old experiments...
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Does consciousness emerge from quantum processes?
Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose think it does. How can we comprehend the nature of our conscious experience? This question provokes four types of explanation. "Reductive materialists" believe that...
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Does consciousness emerge from quantum processes?
Patricia Churchland is less convinced. When I am asleep, I am unaware of the smell of cinnamon in the air. Distracted by a video game, I am unaware of the movement of my tongue. If a stroke renders...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY. Honorary degrees in Noticeboard on February 23, 1996 should have read as follows: DUniv: Martin Bell, foreign correspondent of the BBC; and posthumously to Alison Hargreaves,...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER. Charities: Professor D. Thurnham, Pounds 153,000 from The Howard Foundation (research chair) Research contracts: Dr A. Smith, Pounds 60,000 from Youth Services (controversial...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH Rod Blackshaw, former principal scientific officer with the department of agriculture for Northern Ireland, professor of agricultural zoology and head of agriculture and food...