Wes Alwan

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5,753 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

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Well he says that, but I I think he's self contradictory about that.

And I think, you know, like Chalmers agrees with me.

So I think he tries to d Dennett is fishy and evasive about so I think Dennett is self contradictory on this.

I'm not just making that up.

But but I I expect okay, I'll tell you what I expect with this paper.

I expect to be I expect it to be more moderate and to be um

Maybe to give me a m a more much more positive feeling towards him.

I'm not

Let's get going.

There's an abstract.

You can read the abstract.

Theorists are converging from quite different quarters on a version of the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness.

But there are residual confusions to be dissolved.

In particular, theorists must resist the temptation to see global accessibility in

As the cause of consciousness.

as if consciousness were some other further condition.

Rather

It is consciousness.

A further useful metaphor for keeping this elusive idea in focus is that consciousness is rather like fame in the brain.

It is not a privileged medium.

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