Watson Lecture: DNA and the Brain
(75 minutes)
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Crick on Consciousness
(26 minutes)
Allman Lecture on Intuition
John Allman’s lecture as part of the Brain, Mind and Consciousness series put on by the Skeptics Society. Allman is best known for his work on the anatomical structure of the Von Economo neurons (102 minutes).
Hameroff Lecture: A New Marriage of Brain and Computer
Consciousness studies luminary, Stuart Hameroff, Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology and Director, Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson (59 minutes)
Dave Chalmers interview
Some rare footage of Dave Chalmers, philosopher of mind extraordinaire. Below is an interview conducted by John Horgan. Here is full the interview (77 minutes)
Ramachandran Lecture: The Uniqueness of the Human Brain
V.S. Ramachandran – another dynamic speaker in the Searle mould (54 minutes). Much of what he talks about concerns issues of embodiment – e.g. the phenomenon of phantom limbs. See my review of Shaun Gallagher’s How the body shapes the mind.
Searle Lecture: Beyond Dualism
The ever punchy John Searle – his lecture starts after the 9 minute preamble (67 minutes)
The Death of Turing
Mini-documentary about the sad personal story of Turing’s demise featuring Turing’s biographer Andrew Hodges
Metzinger Lecture: Being No One: Consciousness, The Phenomenal Self, and First-Person Perspective
Metzinger introduced by Alva Noë Being No One: Consciousness, The Phenomenal Self, and First-Person Perspective (56 minutes)
Koch Lecture: Consciousness
Late collaborator with Crick
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