Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon

Prof. Lucina Uddin from UCLA discusses her views on brain networks as studied with functional MRI

Brain architecture for syntax and language by Elliot Murphy with William Matchin and Sander van Bree

Anil Seth discusses consciousness, its potential biological basis and implications for AI.

"Cognition is emergent" by Earl Miller

How many types of causation should we consider in neuroscience? Beyond Mechanism/Extending Causation

Brain Oscillations in Field Potentials: Epiphenomenon or Causally Efficacious?

Are "mental disorders" "brain disorders"?

Mechanism and Causation in Neuroscience with Lauren Ross and Dani Bassett

How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis with Jaan Aru

Inner screen model of consciousness: applying free energy principle to study of conscious experience

"Formalizing biological systems (and brains!): pushing the boundaries" with Johannes Jaeger

Do neural spikes cause consciousness? Discussion with Albert Gidon, Jaan Aru, Matthew Larkum.

Spikes, Local Field Potentials, and Waves with Leslie Kay, Earl Miller, and Tony Zador

Contextual Emergence and Consciousness by Michael Silberstein

Biological Autonomy, with Alvaro Moreno, Matteo Mossio, and discussion with Evan Thompson

Brain representations by Gualtiero Piccinini

Reductionism, Part 2, with A.-S. Barwich and Antonella Tramacere

Reductionism, Part 1, with A.-S. Barwich and Antonella Tramacere

Brain Representations II, discussion only (Sept 9, 2021)

"What are brain respresentations?" with Russell Poldrack, Ines Hipolito, and Michael Anderson.

Emergence and Causation, Part 2 (Danielle Bassett, Lauren Ross, Randy McIntosh, Michael Silberstein)

Emergence and Causation, Part 1 (Danielle Bassett, Lauren Ross, Randy McIntosh, Michael Silberstein)

David Barack on "Two Views on the Cognitive Brain"