A unique interdisciplinary collection of papers and commentaries by leading researchers and rising scholars, representing the latest research on consciousness, mind, and brain.
This collection offers the most comprehensive collection on consciousness, brain, and mind available. It gathers 39 original papers by leaders in the field followed by commentaries written by emerging scholars and replies by the original paper's authors. Taken together, the papers, commentaries, and replies provide a cross-section of cutting-edge research in philosophy and cognitive science. Open MIND is an experiment in both interdisciplinary and intergenerational scholarship.
Open MIND grows out of the MIND Group, an independent, international body of young philosophers and scientists with a strong interest in the mind, consciousness, and cognition. The original and supporting materials are available online at open-mind.net.
Authors include
Michael L. Anderson, Andreas Bartels, Tim Bayne, Christian Beyer, Ned Block, Paul M. Churchland, Andy Clark, Carl S. Craver, Holk Cruse, Daniel C. Dennett, J r me Dokic, Chris Eliasmith, Kathinka Evers, Vittorio Gallese, Philip Gerrans, Rick Grush, John-Dylan Haynes, Heiko Hecht, J. Allan Hobson, Jakob Hohwy, Pierre Jacob, J. Scott Jordan, Victor Lamme, Bigna Lenggenhager, Caleb Liang, Richard Menary, Albert Newen, Alva No , Gerard O'Brien, Elisabeth Pacherie, Jesse Prinz, Jo lle Proust, Antti Revonsuo, Adina Roskies, Jonathan Schooler, Anil K. Seth, Wolf Singer, Evan Thompson, Ursula Voss, Kenneth Williford
Thomas Metzinger is Professor of Philosophy and Fellow at the Gutenberg Research College at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study in Frankfurt am Main. He is the editor of
Neural Correlates of Consciousness and the author of
Being No One, both published by the MIT Press.
Jennifer M. Windt is a Lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne, and the author of
Dreaming (MIT Press).
Michael L. Anderson is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a member of the graduate faculty in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a 2012-13 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Michael L. Anderson is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a member of the graduate faculty in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a 2012-13 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Ned Block is Silver Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at New York University and was Chair of the Philosophy Program at MIT from 1990 to 1995. He is a coeditor of
The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates (MIT Press, 1997).
Ned Block is Silver Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at New York University and was Chair of the Philosophy Program at MIT from 1990 to 1995. He is a coeditor of
The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates (MIT Press, 1997).
Paul M. Churchland is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of
The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul,
Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.
Paul M. Churchland is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of
The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul,
Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.
Andy Clark is Doctor of Philosophy at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.
Michael Madary is Assistant Researcher and Lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
Andy Clark is Doctor of Philosophy at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor Codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of
Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds;
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness;
Elbow Room T
he Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting;
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (all published by the MIT Press),
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Mind, and other books.
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor Codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of
Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds;
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness;
Elbow Room T
he Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting;
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (all published by the MIT Press),
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Mind, and other books.
Chris Eliasmith is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Chris Eliasmith is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Philip Gerrans is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide.
Philip Gerrans is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide.
Heiko Hecht is Research Fellow at the Man-Vehicle Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Heiko Hecht is Research Fellow at the Man-Vehicle Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Adrian Alsmith is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.
Richard Menary is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wollongong. He is the author of
Cognitive Integration and other books.
Richard Menary is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wollongong. He is the author of
Cognitive Integration and other books.
Alva Noë is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of
Vision and Mind (MIT Press, 2002).
Alva Noë is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of
Vision and Mind (MIT Press, 2002).
Jesse J. Prinz is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jesse J. Prinz is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Antti Revonsuo is Professor of Cognitive Science in the School of Humanities and Informatics at the University of Skövde, Sweden, and Director of the Consciousness Research Group in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Turku, Finland.
Antti Revonsuo is Professor of Cognitive Science in the School of Humanities and Informatics at the University of Skövde, Sweden, and Director of the Consciousness Research Group in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Turku, Finland.
Wolf Singer is Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Founding Director of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies and the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in cooperation with the Max Planck Society, where he is also Senior Research Fellow. He is the coauthor of
Beyond the Self: Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience (MIT Press).
Wolf Singer is Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Founding Director of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies and the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in cooperation with the Max Planck Society, where he is also Senior Research Fellow. He is the coauthor of
Beyond the Self: Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience (MIT Press).
Evan Thompson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and author of
Waking, Dreaming, Being.
Jennifer M. Windt is a Lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne, and the author of
Dreaming (MIT Press).
Evan Thompson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and author of
Waking, Dreaming, Being.
J. Allan Hobson is Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of
The Dreaming Brain: How the Brain Creates Both the Sense and The Nonsense of Dreams,
Dreaming as Delirium: How the Brain Goes Out of Its Mind (MIT Press,1999),
The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness (MIT Press, 1999, 2001), and other books.
Kenneth Williford is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin.
Kenneth Williford is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin.