Q&A about minds/brains
Synthese Article on Causal Pairing, Hylomorphism, and IIT
October 1, 2019 // Matthew Owen Toward the end of last month, my article 'Circumnavigating the causal pairing problem with hylomorphism and the integrated information theory of consciousness' was published in the journal Synthese. Here
Article in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience on neural mechanisms of consciousness
July 12, 2019 // Matthew Owen Recently, I published an article I authored with my good friend, Mihretu Guta, in the academic research journal Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. The article Physically Sufficient Neural Mechanisms of
Journal of Consciousness Studies article on IIT & Aristotelianism
March 7, 2019 // By Matthew Owen Recently, Garrett Mindt edited a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies on the Integrated Information Theory of consciousness (known as IIT). It was wonderful to work
‘Aristotelian Causation and Neural Correlates of Consciousness’ published in Topoi
October 23, 2018 // By Matthew Owen Recently, my research article Aristotelian Causation and Neural Correlates of Consciousness was published in Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy. A pre-print draft can be freely downloaded here and
Update: Tiny Blue Dot Fellowship at Gonzaga University
July 20, 2018 // By Matthew Owen Having completed my PhD at the University of Birmingham-England, I am excited to begin a postdoctoral fellowship based at Gonzaga University generously funded by the Tiny Blue Dot
Neural Correlates of Consciousness & the Nature of the Mind
February 28, 2018 // By Matthew Owen Recently, I contributed a chapter entitled 'Neural Correlates of Consciousness and the Nature of the Mind' to Mihretu Guta's volume Consciousness and the Ontology of Properties, forthcoming from Routledge.