John Tyndall: how a lecture in Belfast 150 years ago supercharged the modern debate on consciousness

Tyndall was an early supporter of the idea that matter can be conscious.

Diarmid Finnegan, Reader in Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
Aug. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

Why consciousness may have evolved to benefit society rather than individuals

The experience of subjective awareness may have evolved to enable the communication of privately experienced ideas and feelings.

David A Oakley, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, UCL • conversation
July 10, 2024 • ~8 min

Blindsight: a strange neurological condition that could help explain consciousness

Some blind people seem to be able to see without being conscious of it.

Henry Taylor, Birmingham Fellow in Philosophy, University of Birmingham • conversation
July 2, 2020 • ~7 min

Blindsight: a strange neurological condition that could help us explain consciousness

Some blind people seem to be able to see without being conscious of it.

Henry Taylor, Birmingham Fellow in Philosophy, University of Birmingham • conversation
July 2, 2020 • ~7 min

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