Thing in itself

Luiz Pessoa, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Maryland, discusses the interactions between cognitive and emotional brain systems. Topics include the integration and segregation of brain networks, the rise of network science in understanding the brain, understanding mental health as a result of brain system interactions, the complexity of causation in neural networks, the role of attention in processing emotional visual stimuli, and the importance of integrating philosophy and neuroscience.

Michael Graziano, professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and creator of attention schema theory, discusses the fallacy of the hard problem of consciousness, the role of attention in consciousness, the relevance of brain networks, attention schema theory and the construction of subjective experience, the belief in eye beams, animal consciousness, the relationship between consciousness and intelligence, embodied cognition and motor control, and building AI with human-like emotions.

Katharina Pistor is professor of comparative law at Columbia Law School and a leading scholar and writer on corporate governance, money and finance, property rights, and comparative law and legal institutions.

Richard Brown, philosopher at the City University of New York, explores higher order thought theories of consciousness, including animal consciousness, emotions, and well-being. They discuss perceptual reality monitoring, neural functioning, and blindsight, as well as different camps in consciousness theories. The debate between identity theory and functionalism is also covered. Various theories of consciousness, the relationship between science and ethics, and a comprehensive understanding of well-being are explored. The significance of phenomenal subjective consciousness and breaking disciplinary silos are discussed.

Alex Rosenberg is professor of Philosophy at Duke University and has made several important contributions to the philosophy of science, biology, and social science.

Nicolas Gisin is a physicist at the University of Geneva working on the foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum information and communication.

Sheldon Solomon is an American social psychologist at Skidmore College. He is known for developing terror management theory, along with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski, which is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality.

Dean Rickles is professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney. He has written on quantum gravity, string theory, symmetries, spacetime, and dual aspect monism.

Justin is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He writes on the philosophy of madness, evolution of the mind, and purpose in nature.

Lee Cronin is the Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and the originator of assembly theory.