Toward a Science of Consciousness

This clip first discusses a 1996 conference sponsored by the Center for Consciousness Studies in Tucson, Arizona entitled "Toward a Science of Consciousness." The key figures that can be seen are Stuart Hameroff, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, Patricia Churchland, and John Searle.

Daniel Dennett then briefly discusses his views on consciousness and the first-person illusion that we are aware of our complete visual field, when in actuality we are not. And finally, Frank Jackson's famous "Mary the Neuroscientist" thought-experiment is explained.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Philosophy of Mind
• Philosophy of Science
• Knowledge Argument
• Physicalism
• Neurophilosophy
• Objective
• Subjective

[denawerner7]

LennyBound, excellent video. I thoroughly enjoy your posts. Can you tell me what show this clip is from, please? I'm sure I recognize the interviewer, but I just can't place him. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[LennyBound]

@denawerner7 To be honest, I actually can't remember where I found it, and I no longer have the original file. :-/

In any case, glad to hear you liked the video, and sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. :-)

[2bsirius]

David Chalmers looked SO young...Dennett didn't...The good news is though that he hasn't changed in the 13 years since this was made. His ideas don't change either, so his comments didn't seem dated...It was interesting to see the Mary's room paradox covered yet AGAIN!

[LennyBound]

Dennett is the unmoved mover; he is eternal and unchanging. :-)

My favorite part is at 2:12 where the toast is made to "problems easy and hard, wherever they may be."

[SciTechExplained]

I doubt Searle can say anymore about pain and color than someone describing the phenomenon from a third person perspective. Searle doesn't know anything about pain and color, he just detects it.

[S2Cents]

@LennyBound Dennett says he looked like Rasputin in the 60s.

[Ermal8711]

Dennet looks practically unaged... lol!

[kornbelt]

Chalmers yay!! Dennet boo!!!

[JohananRaatz]

Daniel Dennet is a p-zombie! watch?v=ags_M3ILszo

[NeoOneOrg]

The brain is an organism, the mind is intangible and unlimted accept by the measures to intelligence, conscience is factual Con~science, science is explanation, which relates to consciousness be an interpretation of factual information, the more we dream of knowing rather than actual knowing limits the awareness process, processing reality is through logic knowing what we know builds the foundation of knowledge, awareness is our intelligence.

[exfalsoquodlibet]

If Mary would know every physical fact there is about the brain, then she could probably also construct a technical instrument, a sort of brain enhancer, which would enable her to experience color. Thereby objective observation would be enough to learn also this "subjective" fact, because she could simply use this instrument, just like astronomers use telescopes to learn new facts about the stars.

[polymath7]

Darwin? I don't really see it. I think he looks like:

A. The bust of Socrates

B. A certain 1915 self-portrait by Matisse (the one where he's seated at his easel wearing an olive colored suit)

C. Fredrick Church Ohmstead