Explore diverse theories of consciousness, like materialism, dualism, panpsychism, idealism, and diverse ways of thinking about consciousness, like neuroscience, philosophy,... video Why a Landscape of Consciousness? Episode 1 Season 28 26:46 Watch
Dualism is the theory that ultimate reality is composed of two radically different kinds of things, physical things and non-physical things, and that body with brain and... video Arguing Dualism Counts Episode 2 Season 28 26:46 Watch
Panpsychism is the theory that consciousness is irreducible and exists fundamentally at the foundations of reality. Are particles or fields in some sense conscious? Could the... video Arguing Panpsychism Counts Episode 3 Season 28 26:46 Watch
Idealism is the theory that all reality is consciousness and only consciousness, and that what we perceive to be the physical world is a manifestation of consciousness. Is... video Arguing Idealism Counts 26:46 Watch
Life after death is a haunting and deeply personal longing. Can we explore life after death in relation to theories of consciousness, ranging from strict materialism to... video Could Theories of Consciousness Affect Life After Death? Episode 5 Season 28 26:46 Watch
Explore diverse theories of consciousness including materialism, dualism, panpsychism, idealism and diverse ways of thinking about consciousness from the perspectives of... playlist Theories of Consciousness (Part I) Topic Series 7 videos 52:46 Watch
Does quantum mechanics play a necessary, if not sufficient, role in the specific generation of phenomenal consciousness—beyond quantum mechanics’ general role in all... playlist Quantum Consciousness (Part I) Topic Series 3 videos 42:26 Watch
Explore diverse theories of consciousness including materialism, dualism, panpsychism, idealism, and diverse ways of thinking about consciousness from the perspectives of... playlist Theories of Consciousness (Part II) Topic Series 7 videos 53:40 Watch
Explore diverse theories of consciousness including materialism, dualism, panpsychism, idealism and diverse ways of thinking about consciousness from the perspectives of... playlist Theories of Consciousness (Part III) Topic Series 7 videos 1:25:54 Watch
What is the current state of the consciousness studies field? What are the major issues and trends? What kinds of experiments are being conducted? What kinds of arguments are... playlist Consciousness Studies: State of the Field (Part I) Topic Series 48:36 Watch
What is the current state of the consciousness studies field? What are the major issues and trends? What kinds of experiments are being conducted? What kinds of arguments are... playlist Consciousness Studies: State of the Field (Part II) Topic Series 6 videos 1:10:41 Watch
What is the history of consciousness studies—during the past century and especially over the last 35 or so years? What advances have been made? What challenges remain? What... playlist Consciousness Studies: History and Future Topic Series 7 videos 1:01:35 Watch
We know we humans are conscious and we strongly suspect higher animals are as well: for example, primates, dogs, cetaceans, whales and dolphins. But how far down the... playlist What Living Things are Conscious? Topic Series 9 videos 1:06:18 Watch
To study consciousness comprehensively and rigorously, what kinds of data or information are relevant? Data/information for Materialism theories, which are subject to the... playlist What is Consciousness: Data or Information? Topic Series 9 videos 1:24:16 Watch
Given the myriad theories of consciousness on offer, how can they be assessed? What criteria should we use to compare and contrast diverse theories? Evaluating Materialism... playlist How to Evaluate Theories of Consciousness? Topic Series 1:31:05 Watch
Materialism is the theory that only the physical is real, such that consciousness must be entirely a product of the brain. Materialism is counting on neuroscience to explain... playlist Materialism: Which Theories Best Contribute? Topic Series 4 videos 25:52 Watch
Does quantum mechanics play a necessary, if not sufficient, role in the specific generation of phenomenal consciousness—beyond quantum mechanics’ general role in all... playlist Quantum Consciousness (Part II) Topic Series 3 videos 53:00 Watch
Dualism is the theory that ultimate reality is composed of two radically different kinds of things, physical things and non-physical things, and that these same two kinds... playlist Dualism: Arguing Pro and Con (Part I) Topic Series 40:12 Watch
Dualism is the theory that ultimate reality is composed of two radically different kinds of things, physical things and non-physical things, and that these same two kinds... playlist Dualism: Arguing Pro and Con (Part II) Topic Series 5 videos 1:14 Watch
Panpsychism is the theory that consciousness is irreducible and exists fundamentally at the foundations of reality. Panpsychism forms include ‘micropsychism,’ where... playlist Panpsychism: Arguing Pro and Con (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 39:31 Watch
Panpsychism is the theory that consciousness is irreducible and exists fundamentally at the foundations of reality. Panpsychism forms include ‘micropsychism,’ where... playlist Panpsychism: Arguing Pro and Con (Part II) Topic Series 5 videos 40:15 Watch
Idealism is the theory that all reality is consciousness and only consciousness, and that what we perceive to be the physical world is either a manifestation of consciousness... playlist Idealism: Arguing Pro and Con? (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 51:43 Watch
Idealism is the theory that all reality is consciousness and only consciousness, and that what we perceive to be the physical world is either a manifestation of consciousness... playlist Idealism: Arguing Pro and Con? (Part II) Topic Series 4 videos 35:41 Watch
If psi phenomena are real and without explanation in physics – telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis – what would that suggest about the nature of... playlist Can Psi Affect Consciousness Theories? Topic Series 7 videos 53:18 Watch
Altered states of consciousness, such as induced by meditative practices or ingesting hallucinogens, radically alter one’s consciousness. But do these altered states... playlist Can Altered States Affect Consciousness Theories? Topic Series 6 videos 46:05 Watch
Many people believe that out-of-the-body experiences (OBEs) and near-death experiences (NDEs) are real. We do not assess the evidence and arguments, pro or con. We do explore... playlist Can OBEs or NDEs Affect Consciousness Theories? Topic Series 4 videos 27:10 Watch
AI consciousness, its possibility or probability, has burst into public debate, eliciting all kinds of issues from AI ethics and rights to AI going rogue and harming... playlist Can AI Become Conscious? (Part I) Topic Series 6 videos 45:22 Watch
AI consciousness, its possibility or probability, has burst into public debate, eliciting all kinds of issues from AI ethics and rights to AI going rogue and harming... playlist Can AI Become Conscious? (Part II) Topic Series 7 videos 52:05 Watch
AI consciousness, its possibility or probability, has burst into public debate, eliciting all kinds of issues from AI ethics and rights to AI going rogue and harming... playlist Can AI Become Conscious? (Part III) Topic Series 4 videos 47:42 Watch
What happens to consciousness in transhumanism? Would transhuman creatives have different conscious experiences? Would melding with machines change our inner sense of felt... playlist Transhuman Consciousness? (Part I) Topic Series 7 videos 50:30 Watch
What happens to consciousness in transhumanism? Would transhuman creatives have different conscious experiences? Would melding with machines change our inner sense of felt... playlist Transhuman Consciousness? (Part II) Topic Series 6 videos 1:03:41 Watch
Life after death is explored in the context of diverse theories of consciousness, from strict Materialism/Physicalism to those of ancient wisdom traditions. We explore the... playlist Consciousness and Life after Death? (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 37:40 Watch
Life after death is explored in the context of diverse theories of consciousness, from strict Materialism/Physicalism to those of ancient wisdom traditions. We explore the... playlist Consciousness and Life after Death? (Part II) Topic Series 2 videos 8:28 Watch
What is the relationship between consciousness and the nature of ultimate reality? Some say there is no relationship; consciousness is a late, contingent product of... playlist Consciousness and Deep Ontology (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 35:04 Watch
What is the relationship between consciousness and the nature of ultimate reality? Some say there is no relationship; consciousness is a late, contingent product of... playlist Consciousness and Deep Ontology (Part II) Topic Series 6 videos 49:31 Watch
We offer distinctive approaches to consciousness including cognitive science, phenomenology, and even the implications of aesthetics like fiction and films. We observe the... playlist Aspects of Consciousness? Topic Series 5 videos 37:11 Watch
Hear the latest ideas, including: mechanisms of quantum consciousness; the meaning of AI and transhuman consciousness; how psi, altered states, and near-death experiences... playlist The Science of Consciousness – Barcelona 2025 (Part I) Topic Series 8 videos 1:50:35 Watch
Is the world we experience truly real, or is it more like a dream we haven't yet woken up from? Michael James, a leading scholar and translator of the teachings of Sri Ramana... video What Is the World According to Sri Ramana? CTT Chat 34:16 Watch
Fr. Michael Baggot Professor Aggregato of Bioethics, the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome, Italy
Imants Baruss Professor of Psychology, King's University College at the University of Western Ontario, Canada
Etzel Cardeña Thorsen Professor of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden; Director, the Centre for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology
Stuart Hameroff Professor Emeritus, Anesthesiology and Psychology; Director, Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona
James Hughes Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies; Associate Provost, Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning, University of Massachusetts Boston
Lucia Melloni Research Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Leader, Neural Circuits, Consciousness, and Cognition Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Liad Mudrik Researcher, School of Psychological Sciences and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle A Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Creativity and Emotions lab at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Elisabeth Schellekens Chair Professor of Aesthetics and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden
Susan Schneider William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University
Jonathan Schooler American psychologist and Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
Anil Seth Neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, the University of Sussex
Richard Swinburne Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford
