24.08J | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate

Philosophical Issues in Brain Science

Lectures: Video and Slides

Lecture 17: Theories of Consciousness that Neuroscientists Take Seriously

Topics: Theories of Consciousness that Neuroscientists Take Seriously

  1. Theories of Consciousness
  2. Explanatory gap
  3. First order and higher order difference
  4. Transitivity principle
  5. Ambitious vs. Modest higer order
  6. Ambitious higher order theory
  7. Neuroscience
  8. Psychology

Instructor: Prof. Ned Block

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