Entropy Article: The Causal Efficacy of Consciousness
July 28, 2020 // Matthew Owen Professor Kyumin Moon (Korea University) is editing a special issue of the scientific journal Entropy on the
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
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
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
‘The Son of God and Trinitarian Identity Statements’ in TheoLogica
March 7, 2019 // By Matthew Owen A special issue of TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology
‘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
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
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'
APA Pacific Meeting in Seattle: Five Places to Philosophize Outside the Conference Hotel
The American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting will be in Seattle from April 12th-17th. For those of us who love studying philosophy, it will be tempting to set off the nerd-alert by staying cooped up in a hotel conference room during one's entire trip to the Emerald City. To avoid this travel fallacy, you may want to do a little philosophizing in the following places.
Where’s Grandpa? Alzheimer’s & the Persistence of Human Persons
As someone suffers from Alzheimer's disease and the neural tissue in their brain deteriorates causing their memories to fade, what happens to the person? That's the question I'll address in this post in honor of my hero, my grandpa, Keith Wallace Owen.