Does Consciousness Require a Subject? The Self, Agency, and AI Limitations
Professor of Developmental Neurogenetics
1:35:23·2026·graduate level·Public Colloquium
An examination of consciousness from a non-reductive naturalist perspective, questioning the limits of physicalist reduction and asserting the role of biological organization in generating agency and subjectivity.
PhilosophyBio & NeuroMetaphysics, Mind & MortalityLanguage Models & NLPComplex Systems & Scalingconsciousness
What is consciousness — and how should biology explain it?
In this second conversation with Professor Kevin Mitchell, we examine whether consciousness can be fully accounted for within physics alone — or whether biological organization introduces new levels of explanation.
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