How Neuroscience and Philosophy Combine to Illuminate the Nature of Consciousness
Today on Mind Matters News, hosts Robert J. Marks and Brian Krouse continues their conversation with Dr. Joseph Green on how we can bridge the gap between cutting-edge neuroscience and philosophy of mind. Green is author of a chapter in the volume Minding the Brain called “On the Limitations of Cutting-Edge Neuroscience.” In today’s installment, the discussion first touches on the concept of self-consciousness. Green explains that self-consciousness is a key defining property of humans that is important to understand. Neuroscientists try to study aspects of self-consciousness, like proprioception, but this can often be done reductively and can lose the essence of the full experience. Green goes on to discuss the study of social consciousness as another possible bridge between neuroscience and philosophy of mind. This is Part 3 of a four-part conversation.
Additional Resources
- Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science
- Part 1 of this conversation: How Humility and Curiosity Can Help Neuroscience Mature
- Part 2 of this conversation: Bridging the Gap Between Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind
