Lecture 5: The Natural-Kind Approach

This lecture develops a natural-kind approach to other minds, and consider a number of objections to it. Obligatory Reading: Shea, N. & Bayne, T. 2010. The vegetative state and the science of consciousness, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 61: 459-84. Further Reading: (a) Bayne, T. & Shea, N. 2020. Consciousness, concepts and natural kinds. Philosophical Topics, 48/1: 65-83. (b) Birch, J. 2022. The search for invertebrate consciousness, Nous, 56/1: 133-53. The course is organized by the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies / and Philosophy Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University / Lecturer: Prof. Timothy Bayne (Professor of Philosophy, Monash University (Melbourne)) / Music: D-pulse, album “Dancing Qualia” / Timeline: 0:07 - Review of the natural kind approach and s