^TagDavid A. Oakley

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News
Date
June 6, 2021

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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Consciousness, David A. Oakley, human brain, Peter L. Halligan}

We Are Now Informed: Consciousness Does Not Really Exist

_{Rubbish. Giving up consciousness as an illusion would be like turning off the master switch. What would the ensuing darkness and powerlessness tell us?} _{News

June 6, 2021

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

What you think is enabling you to listen with any attention to neuroscientists (your dog, coffee cup, and your toothpaste are not listening to neuroscientists) is something — some of them tell us — we should give up as an illusion. Read More ›

A pile of photographic memories with a pancake photo

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 16, 2019

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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Consciousness, David A. Oakley, Featured, Galen Strawson, hard problem of consciousness, Materialism, Max Tegmark, Memory, Paul Thagard, Perceptronium, Peter Halligan, Philosophy}

How Can Consciousness Be a Material Thing?

_{Maybe it can’t. But materialist philosophers face starkly limited choices in how to view consciousness} _{Denyse O'Leary

January 16, 2019

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

In analytical philosopher Galen Strawson’s opinion, our childhood memories of pancakes on Saturday, for example, are—and must be—"wholly physical." Read More ›