Conscious(ness) Realist

Intuitively, it seems obvious what is alive and what is not and yet, defining “life” scientifically has proven quite a challenge. Nevertheless, ever since Schrödinger’s famous book “What is life?”,... Read more »

As much as I love discussing consciousness, sometimes the conversation seems doomed. Over the years I have learned first to ask what the other person means with “consciousness” and also... Read more »

Summary Our contemporary science of consciousness is based in large on the notion of “neural correlates of consciousness” (NCC). Promoted by Crick and Koch (1990) the idea of focusing on... Read more »

Summary Consciousness as phenomenal experience is structured. Research into the neural correlates of consciousness and its contents may reveal the neural mechanisms that support conscious experiences. However, knowing which type... Read more »

[I originally wrote most of the piece below in preparation for an article about intrinsic information and causal composition. Ultimately, it didn’t make the cut into the final article (Albantakis... Read more »