Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Nudibranches: John Searle in a TEDxCERN talk (from Geneva, Switzerland) on Consciousness, Added this UC Berkeley philosopher's talk in 7 WUaS' wiki subjects (a record, I think) - Robotics, Computer Science, Consciousness, Neurobiology, Science and Philosophy ... fascinating talk.


John Searle in a TEDxCERN talk (from Geneva, Switzerland) on Consciousness -



http://www.ted.com/talks/john_searle_our_shared_condition_consciousness.html ...


added this UC Berkeley philosopher's talk in 7 WUaS' wiki subjects (a record, I think) -



Brain and Cognitive Sciences:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Brain_and_Cognitive_Sciences


Robotics:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Robotics -

Computer Science:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Computer_Science -

Consciousness:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Consciousness -

Neurobiology:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Neurobiology -

Science:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Science -

Philosophy -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Philosophy -


fascinating talk.


He defines consciousness at the 4:40 minute mark.

I'd hazard the arguments from behaviorism about consciousness are still germane vis-a-vis his talk.


Consciousness will be a main focus in WUaS's online, MIT OCW-centric, Philosophy department, and in all languages.



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