Michael Egnor and David Papineau | Consciousness and The Brain

Two leading scholars on either side of the debate will discuss the hard problem of consciousness. “David Papineau is a British academic philosopher, born in Como, Italy. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King’s College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University where he was a fellow of Robinson College.“ He has written widely on epistemology, metaphysics and the philosophy of science and mind. His books include “For Science in the Social Sciences“ (1979), “Theory and Meaning“ (1990), “Reality and Representation“ (1987), “Philosophical Naturalism“ (1992), “Thinking about Consciousness“ (2002), “Philosophical Devices“ (2012), and “Knowing the Score“ (2017). “Michael R. Egnor, MD, is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook, has served as the Director of Pediatr