Lecture 3: The Appeal to Pretheoretical Measures

This lecture explores the question of how far we can get with contested cases by applying our pretheoretical measures for ascribing consciousness, such as verbal report and voluntary behavioural control. Obligatory Reading: Shea, N. & Bayne, T. 2010. The vegetative state and the science of consciousness, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 61: 459-69 only (Sections 1-3). Additional Reading: (a) Tye, M. 2016. Tense Bees and Shell-shocked Crabs (OUP), chapter 5. (b) Bayne, T., Seth, A. & Massimini, M. 2020. Are there islands of awareness? Trends in Neurosciences, 43(1): 6-16. 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” /