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BI 128 Hakwan Lau: In Consciousness We Trust

Feb 20, 2022

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Does It Depend on a Model of the World?

04:11

Is Technology Holding Us Back?

04:51

Using the Gans Argument in Machine Learning?

03:24

Introduction

4min

I'm Glad to Hear That You're Playing

2min

Is Consciousness a Confounding Thing to Study?

2min

Why You Shouldn't Write a Popular Science Book?

1min

I've Don't Condemn, but I Liked It

3min

Are We Too Many Theories or Just Ideas?

2min

The Science of Consciousness

3min

Interacting With Other Empirical Researches

3min

Consciousness and the Philosophy of Science

3min

10.

How to Write a Book That Solves the Hard Problem

3min

11.

Is It a Particular to the Study of Consciousness?

2min

12.

Is There a Difference Between Local and Global Views of Consciousness?

3min

13.

What Is Perceptual Reality Monitoring?

3min

14.

Using the Gans Argument in Machine Learning?

3min

15.

Is Cognition Just Seeing Red?

4min

16.

Is It Important to Understand the Functions of Consciousness?

3min

17.

Is Red Experience a Function of Consciousness?

3min

18.

Seeing Red Is Not Something Other Than Everything Else

2min

19.

What Is a Mental Quality Space?

6min

20.

Is the Whole Address, or Is It the Differences?

2min

21.

Is There a Cognitive Map?

4min

22.

Does It Depend on a Model of the World?

4min

23.

Is Technology Holding Us Back?

5min

24.

The Confound Between Consciousness and Performance Capacity

2min

25.

I Didn't Know Hs Early Blindsight Studies

4min

26.

Is There a Blind Sight Trial?

4min

27.

Is the Problem of Consciousness Bigger to You Now?

2min

28.

Are You on the Curve of Perceptual Reality?

3min

29.

Brain Inspire Is a Production of Me and You

2min

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Hakwan and I discuss many of the topics in his new book, In Consciousness we Trust: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience. Hakwan describes his perceptual reality monitoring theory of consciousness, which suggests consciousness may act as a systems check between our sensory perceptions and higher cognitive functions. We also discuss his latest thoughts on mental quality space and how it relates to perceptual reality monitoring. Among many other topics, we chat about the many confounds and challenges to empirically studying consciousness, a topic featured heavily in the first half of his book. Hakwan was on a previous episode with Steve Fleming, BI 099 Hakwan Lau and Steve Fleming: Neuro-AI Consciousness.

Hakwan's lab: Consciousness and Metacognition Lab.
Twitter: @hakwanlau.
Book:
- In Consciousness we Trust: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience.

0:00 - Intro 4:37 - In Consciousness We Trust 12:19 - Too many consciousness theories? 19:26 - Philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness 29:00 - Local vs. global theories 31:20 - Perceptual reality monitoring and GANs 42:43 - Functions of consciousness 47:17 - Mental quality space 56:44 - Cognitive maps 1:06:28 - Performance capacity confounds 1:12:28 - Blindsight 1:19:11 - Philosophy vs. empirical work