MindCORE Seminar: Timothy Bayne

Nov

20

4:55pm

MindCORE Seminar: Timothy Bayne

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Speaker: Timothy Bayne, Department of Philosophy, Monash University
Moderated by: Lisa Miracchi, Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
How to Construct A Consciousness Meter
One of the central challenges facing the science of consciousness is that of identifying ways of measuring consciousness. Can we go beyond our pre-theoretical ways of detecting consciousness and develop independently validated measures of consciousness. Some theorists think not, arguing that we cannot go beyond the everyday markers of consciousness with which we begin. Others are more optimistic, and hold that we will be able to develop independent measures of consciousness, or "consciousness meters". This talk discusses various ways in which one might attempt to validate a consciousness meter, arguing that the most promising approach involves treating consciousness as a natural kind.
Learn more about MindCORE--Penn's hub for the integrative study of the mind -- here: https://mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/
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