How to Study and Understand Non-Human Consciousness May 2024 | Kathmandu, Nepal
The second Animal Consciousness Conference was on the topic: "How to Study and Understand Non-Human Consciousness". Its main task was to...
Artificial Intelligence, Conscious Machines, and Animals: Broadening AI Ethics. Princeton University Oct 2023
This conference was organized by Peter Singer and Tse Yip Fai; I gave a talk with the title "The Future of Feelings". Artificial...
Panpsychism conference October 2023 New York
I gave the keynote talk at this conference arranged by Philip Goff on panpsychism. There was an excellent debate between Philip and Sean...
Animal Consciousness Conference 2023 Dharamsala India
World renowned scientists, psychologists, philosophers along with Buddhist scholars gathered in Dharamshala India to discuss a wide range...
NYU Animal Consciousness Conference
This conference was arranged by Ned Block and David Chalmers. It involved a large number of prominent scientists as well as philosophers...
Conference in Honor of David Papineau, London
The conference was held in honor of David Papineau on the occasion of his 70th birthday at Senate House, London and King's College. Tim...
40th Annual Wittgenstein Conference in Kirchberg, Austria
I was invited to give the keynote address (on how to think about the representational content of visual experience). Kirchberg is a...
Dinner For Alex Grzankowski
Celebration for Alex's new appointment as a lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London. #social #Philosophy
Talks in Beijing, China
I spoke at Renmin University and Beijing Normal University on whether there is an on/off switch for consciousness and also on the nature...
Do Sharks Feel Pain?
Nociceptors are receptors in our skin and throughout our bodies that respond to noxious stimuli. For example, when bodily tissue is...