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№ HKDG
Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neural Science · New York University
Philosopher who introduced the influential distinction between access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness. Co-director of the NYU Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, his work shapes debates on the nature and measurement of conscious experience.
Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)
Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.
Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)
Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.
Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)
The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.
Idealism in Philosophy of Mind
Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.
