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*Why do we want to rank theories of consciousness — and why might that be the wrong approach?*
Liad Mudrik argues that consciousness science is not yet at a stage where theories can be responsibly ranked. Instead, she suggests focusing on tests that could challenge theories and help the field make progress.
0:00 Can We Rank Consciousness Theories?
1:00 Why Testing Matters More
2:04 Classifying vs. Ranking
3:23 What Testing Teaches Us
4:05 Lessons From Global Workspace Theory
5:08 Will We Eventually Know?
*Professor Liad Mudrik* is a researcher at the school of psychological sciences and Sagol school of neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Her research focuses on conscious experience, its neural mechanisms and functions.
*More from Liad Mudrik on Closer To Truth:*
* What is Consciousness? - CTT Interview Series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJwn7KWRS-K7qDxGQnvqB-x
* Understanding Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJKWEUWv9X56y_ut3xwFDv1
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/liad-mudrik
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*Why do we want to rank theories of consciousness — and why might that be the wrong approach?*
Liad Mudrik argues that consciousness science is not yet at a stage where theories can be responsibly ranked. Instead, she suggests focusing on tests that could challenge theories and help the field make progress.
0:00 Can We Rank Consciousness Theories?
1:00 Why Testing Matters More
2:04 Classifying vs. Ranking
3:23 What Testing Teaches Us
4:05 Lessons From Global Workspace Theory
5:08 Will We Eventually Know?
*Professor Liad Mudrik* is a researcher at the school of psychological sciences and Sagol school of neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Her research focuses on conscious experience, its neural mechanisms and functions.
*More from Liad Mudrik on Closer To Truth:*
* What is Consciousness? - CTT Interview Series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJwn7KWRS-K7qDxGQnvqB-x
* Understanding Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJKWEUWv9X56y_ut3xwFDv1
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/liad-mudrik
*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 #LiadMudrik #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroscience
