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*Should a theory of consciousness begin with physics or experience?*
Naotsugu Tsuchiya favors an internalist starting point and sees promise in integrated information theory, while remaining open to phenomena that current science and physics cannot yet explain.
0:00 Openness to New Phenomena and Theories
1:07 Internalist Views and Integrated Information Theory
4:24 Why Current Physics May Not Explain Everything
*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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*Should a theory of consciousness begin with physics or experience?*
Naotsugu Tsuchiya favors an internalist starting point and sees promise in integrated information theory, while remaining open to phenomena that current science and physics cannot yet explain.
0:00 Openness to New Phenomena and Theories
1:07 Internalist Views and Integrated Information Theory
4:24 Why Current Physics May Not Explain Everything
*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_
* Theories of Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pI-jElLJw75y9CaSQL2bSgj
* 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 answer
#CloserToTruth #Consciousness #NaotsuguTsuchiya #IntegratedInformationTheory #Physicalism
