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an informal philosophy blog by Gregg Shores

Tag: Christof Koch

Do Neurons Produce Consciousness?

Dan Dennett casts doubt on the idea that neurons produce anything other than further neural processes and behavior in a … More

Charles Sherrington, Christof Koch, Consciousness, Dan Dennett, Neural Correlates of Consciousness, Neurobiology

The Mind-Body Problem, part II

We are continuing our excursion through a modified version of John Heil’s article “The Mind-Body Problem”. See Part I for … More

B. F. Skinner, Christof Koch, Consciousness, Francis Crick, George Berkeley, Gilbert Ryle, J. J. C. Smart, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Nagel, U.T. Place

The Materialist Who Means It

Dan Dennett is a materialist. Dualists think that there are two kinds of things in the world—mind and body. Dennett … More

Christof Koch, Color, Dan Dennett, NCC, Neurobiology, Stephen Palmer, Steven Shevell

Carroll on Color

In The Big Picture, Sean Carroll is anxious to reject religious ideas of the immortal soul, and this makes him … More

Behaviorism, Christof Koch, Color, Dan Dennett, Descartes, Dualism, Gilbert Ryle, Materialism, Neurobiology, Sean Carroll, Stephen Palmer

Materialists who don’t mean it: the Dualism of Crick and Koch

Francis Crick opened his book The Astonishing Hypothesis with this salvo: Q: What is the soul? A: The soul is … More

Christof Koch, Consciousness, Dave Marr, Descartes, Dualism, Francis Crick, Materialism, NCC

What’s your philosophy?

What’s your philosophy? One philosopher tells a story that when he gets this question at parties, he answers “Never wait … More

Alex Rosenberg, alt-right, Bertrand Russell, Christof Koch, David Brooks, Michel Houellbecq, Sean Carroll, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Ricks, UFOs

“Answer”

Here at Better Questions Than Answers we specialize in questions. Today, however, an “Answer”— a short short story by Fredric … More

Artificial Intelligence, Christof Koch, Fredric Brown, Nick Bostrom
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