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*How do you tell whether a theory of consciousness is actually scientific?*
Naotsugu Tsuchiya argues that the strongest theories are those that make risky predictions, publish negative results, and survive attempts to prove themselves wrong.
0:00 How to Evaluate Consciousness Theories
1:19 Why Qualia Must Be Explained
2:01 The Importance of Bold Predictions
3:17 The Replication Crisis and Negative Results
4:19 How Registered Reports Improve Science
5:43 Testing Competing Consciousness Theories
8:31 Do These Experiments Test the Core Theory?
10:12 Why Science Must Publish Failed Predictions
11:54 IIT's Unusual Experimental Prediction
16:08 What These Experiments Could Reveal About Consciousness
*Naotsugu Tsuchiya* is a Professor of Consciousness Science at Monash University whose research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness, perception, and subjective experience.
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* Tsuchiya’s Relational Approach to Qualia: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/tsuchiya-s-relational-approach-to-consciousness
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*How do you tell whether a theory of consciousness is actually scientific?*
Naotsugu Tsuchiya argues that the strongest theories are those that make risky predictions, publish negative results, and survive attempts to prove themselves wrong.
0:00 How to Evaluate Consciousness Theories
1:19 Why Qualia Must Be Explained
2:01 The Importance of Bold Predictions
3:17 The Replication Crisis and Negative Results
4:19 How Registered Reports Improve Science
5:43 Testing Competing Consciousness Theories
8:31 Do These Experiments Test the Core Theory?
10:12 Why Science Must Publish Failed Predictions
11:54 IIT's Unusual Experimental Prediction
16:08 What These Experiments Could Reveal About Consciousness
*Naotsugu Tsuchiya* is a Professor of Consciousness Science at Monash University whose research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness, perception, and subjective experience.
*More from Naotsugu Tsuchiya on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Tsuchiya’s Relational Approach to Qualia: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/tsuchiya-s-relational-approach-to-consciousness
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/naotsugu-tsuchiya
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
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Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Consciousness #NaotsuguTsuchiya #Neuroscience #Philosophy
