Tag: Anil Seth

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Anil Seth, body, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, consciousness spot, David Chalmers, hallucinations, human brain, Monash University, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neuroscience, University of Sussex}

Neuroscientist Vows: We’ll Nail Consciousness Yet!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Anil Seth, proponent of the “hallucination” theory of consciousness, vows that researchers will find that consciousness spot or circuit in the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aeon, Anil Seth, brain, brain hemispheres, brainstem, consciousness, David Chalmers, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, reality, University of Sussex, Yair Pinto}

Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Anil Seth, blind chance, brain, consciousness, evolution, life, machine, Michael Egnor, natural selection, neuroscience, Nobel Prize, Physics and Philosophy, Werner Heisenberg}

Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, amygdala, Anil Seth, brain, consciousness, Discovery Institute, emotions, hallucination, hippocampus, illusion, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, mood, neuroscience, psychologist, Psychology Today, skull, soul, TED talk, testimony, The Conversation, thought, U.S. Senate, University of Sussex, Walter Bradley Center}

A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

5}

A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›