Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness Studies: Page 2

Prepared for a seminar conducted by Ned Block and Thomas Nagel, this page provides links to papers by a distinguished roster of contemporary philosophers.

Society for the discussion of Jaynes' bicameral mind theory of consciousness. Includes bibliography (with some abstracts and full-text articles), members-only area, and online application form.

Dr. Sam Vaknin considers the appropriateness of metaphors, particularly the computer metaphor, used to describe the brain.

Entry commissioned for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. By Eric Lormand of the University of Michigan.

An unorthodox look at mind, consciousness and perception.

The relationships between mind, consciousness, & language. Webmaster Giorgio Marchetti aims to provide users the opportunity to present their researches in these fields, and to inform about activities and researches carried out worldwide.

Understanding the Hard Problem - How Consciousness can fit into our Natural Orders. By Jan Holmgren.

Perceptual information and consciousness studies.

Steven Kaufman attempts to demonstrate that the source of reality is a universal consciousness, that we are in no way separable from that source, and so in no way truly separable from each other or any other aspect of reality.

Short comment on a paper by Bob Bermond "The Myth of Animal Suffering" by Titus Rivas M.A. Stresses behavioral rather than neuro-anatomical indicators of consciousness in non-human animals.

The neuroscience of consciousness. Many published articles by Dr. Rees are made available here.

Key papers, discussions and research leads focusing on holographic models of mind and mind-body interactions.

An attempt to explain consciousness in terms of 4-dimensional geometry.

A spiritual view of Consciousness - its planes, gradations, parts, evolution and change of consciousness as explained by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo.

The refereed journal provides a forum for new work relating the arts and literature to the exploration of consciousness currently flourishing in many disciplines such as philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and physics.

Explores consciousness as both the nature and purpose of reality, as well as the ethical and political implications.

Access to abstracts of articles, submission guidelines, and subscription information of the print journal.

An introduction to the powers and perils of intuition, plus related essays and links to leading researchers.

Offering excerpts from a book that tries to define existence through experimential exploration of the functioning of consciousness.

Thinking a thought in the mosaics of the mind.

Non-reductive forms of physicalism may be influential, but Titus Rivas tries to show why they should be rejected as incoherent.

Thesis by Nadia Delicata discussing consciousness, mystical experience, and an experiment concerning the effect of focused attention on working memory.

An empirical approach to consciousness including reviews of philosophical concepts and neuroscience.

Considers whether or not non-human animals should be considered subjective, sentient beings.

Concise illustrated descriptions and discussions of leading philosophical theories of consciousness, and well known thought experiments, and the issues they raise.