Last week, I was late getting up my class post for biology of mind, finally got it up Tuesday, but didn’t link to what I had written. So here it goes: comments on a Scientific American piece on two scientists’ views on the neural correlates of consciousness. This week, I was wondering what I’d do, [...]
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Crick and Koch
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 13, 2008
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Francis Crick is well known for being the non-misogynistic, non-racist member of the team that discovered DNA, but he’s also known for pioneering work on the neural correlates of consciousness, done along with Christopher Koch. Well, last week for my biology of mind class I wrote up a post on their foundational paper on this [...]
Zombies!
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 6, 2008
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This week for my biology of mind class, I wrote up some comments on the zombie argument. I also put up comments on John Searle, meditation, and near-death experiences.
Synesthesia, etc.
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 28, 2008
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This week for my biology of mind course, I did a post on how fMRI studies of synesthesia help us understand consciousness. I’ve also posted comments on a post on deja vu, biomedicine, and one of the professor’s posts on superstition.
Introspection
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 23, 2008
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At the Biology of Mind class blog, I’ve put up a post on Eric Schwitzgebel’s work on introspection. I’ve also participated in discussions of dualism and the female orgasm.