Consciousness: from philosophy to neuroscience
 
Seminar organized by Daniel Kiper & Guests

   Fall semester 2025

Location: Y35 F 32


    Schedule: Thursday, 5.15-7.00pm

This course is intended for all students interested in the topic of consciousness and the NCC, i.e. the Neural Correlate of Consciousness.

The course's main language is english, but discussions and questions in german are also possible.

Some, but maybe not all, lectures will be recorded and the podcasts will be posted here. Since the course is supposed to be highly interactive, we strongly encourage

physical attendance.

Requirements:

Most topics will be covered in articles and notes available on this web site, or that will be distributed during the course.

Here is a useful book "Philosophy of mind: a beginner's guide" by I. Ravenscroft that has been cleaned up and is searchable. In German, and in English

Successful completion of the course yields three credits, the final grade will be the average of the best 2 of 3 short quizzes given during the semester.


18.9 General Introduction to the course
Here is the recording
Here is the Nagel paper we talked about.

25.9 Search of the NCC
Visual experiments, here are the slides
and here is the recording

2.10 End of visual experiments
Here is the recording
And the papers about binoc. rivalry in monkeys
in humans
and on binocular fusion

9.10 Free will. Here is the recording.
There will be a short quiz.

16.10 More free will, patients, and maybe electrical stimulation
Here is the recording

23.10 Patients and electrical stimulation.
Here is the recording.

30.10 Baar's global workspace
There is a quiz today.
Here is the recording

6.11 Dreams (Guest: Dr. B. Stucky).
Here is the recording.

13.11 Near-Death experiences (B. Stucky)
Here is the recording
And here are the slides

20.11 Comp. approaches, IIT (guest: A. Nedergaard)
Here is the recording
Next quiz on Dec. 4!

27.11 IIT and PCI (guest A. Nedergaard)
Here is the recording

4.12 Quantum theories (guest A. Nedergaard)
Here is the recording

11.12 Is there a hard problem? (guest Dr. A. Nedergaard)
Here is the recording
NOTE: THIS WAS THE LAST CLASS, THERE IS NO LECTURE ON DEC. 19
I WILL GRADE THE QUIZZES BY THE END OF JANUARY...

Thanks to all for your participation!!!