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Max Velmans
Also known as: Velmans, M. Velmans
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Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 5 facts
referenceMax Velmans authored the 2002 paper 'How could conscious experiences affect brains?', published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, volume 9, issue 11, pages 3–29.
claimMax Velmans suggested a move related to the Pauli-Jung proposal regarding mental causation, independent of quantum theory, in his 2002 and 2009 publications.
claimThe author of the entry 'Quantum Approaches to Consciousness' acknowledges discussions with Guido Bacciagaluppi, Thomas Filk, Hans Flohr, Hans Primas, Stefan Rotter, Henry Stapp, Giuseppe Vitiello, and Max Velmans.
claimMax Velmans noted in 2002 that the causal efficacy of mental states upon brain states, often referred to as 'downward causation', has attracted growing interest.
claimMax Velmans (2002, 2009) presented a dual-aspect approach to consciousness backed by empirical material.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 5 facts
claimBenjamin Libet, Valerie Hardcastle, and Max Velmans observe that some information is nonconscious.
claimE.J. Lowe, Max Velmans, and Benjamin Libet have expressed concerns regarding David Chalmers' use of the term 'awareness' as a functionally defined concept distinct from consciousness.
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that explicitly separating consciousness and awareness makes the distinction between function and sentience harder to avoid, contrary to suggestions by Max Velmans.
perspectiveMax Velmans objects to David Chalmers' principle of organizational invariance on the grounds that a cortical implant could potentially produce a refined version of blindsight, where there is excellent performance but no verbal reports of consciousness and thus no experience.
accountThe symposium on David Chalmers' paper 'Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness' included 26 commentaries from various scholars, including Bernard Baars, Douglas Bilodeau, Patricia Churchland, Tom Clark, C.J.S. Clarke, Francis Crick, Christof Koch, Daniel Dennett, Stuart Hameroff, Roger Penrose, Valerie Hardcastle, David Hodgson, Piet Hut, Roger Shepard, Benjamin Libet, E.J. Lowe, Bruce MacLennan, Colin McGinn, Eugene Mills, Kieron O'Hara, Tom Scutt, Mark Price, William Robinson, Gregg Rosenberg, William Seager, Jonathan Shear, Henry Stapp, Francisco Varela, Max Velmans, and Richard Warner.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 3 facts
claimMax Velmans (2002, 2009) developed a dual aspect approach supported by empirical material from psychology.
claimVelmans (2002, 2009) suggested a move related to psychophysically neutral activity and mental causation, independent of quantum theory.
claimThe author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry 'Quantum Approaches to Consciousness' engaged in discussions regarding the topics treated in the paper with Guido Bacciagaluppi, Thomas Filk, Hans Flohr, Stuart Hameroff, Hans Primas, Stefan Rotter, Henry Stapp, Giuseppe Vitiello, and Max Velmans.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 2 facts
claimOne potential answer to Max Velmans' question regarding the adaptive nature of consciousness is the advantage of global oversight for the control of behavior, such as in a global workspace, or the ability to confer meaning on sensory experience in a way non-conscious neural processes cannot.
perspectiveThe author suggests that Velmans' question regarding the function of consciousness can be answered by the premise that possessing more information is practically better than possessing less.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Nov 26, 2024 1 fact
claimMax Velmans posed the question of why consciousness is adaptive in a proximate sense and why it would have evolved, which requires identifying the specific function consciousness first performed.
The hard problem of consciousness. - APA PsycNet psycnet.apa.org 1 fact
referenceThe book "The Blackwell companion to consciousness," edited by M. Velmans and S. Schneider, contains the chapter "The hard problem of consciousness" by David Chalmers on pages 225–235.