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Riccardo Manzotti

Professor of Theoretical Philosophy · IULM University Milan

Milan, ItalyWebsite

Research Areas

ConsciousnessPhilosophy

About

Philosopher and AI researcher who developed the Spread Mind theory, proposing that consciousness is identical with the object one experiences rather than being a neural process inside the head.

Publications

  • The Spread Mind: Why Consciousness and the World Are One
  • Consciousness and Object: A Mind-Object Identity Physicalist Theory
  • The Dialogue on Consciousness (with Tim Parks)
  • A Process-Oriented View of Conscious Perception

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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.

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