Lecture 5: The Natural-Kind Approach

Описание: This lecture develops a natural-kind approach to other minds, and consider a number of objections to it.

Obligatory Reading: Shea, N. & Bayne, T. 2010. The vegetative state and the science of consciousness, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 61: 459-84.
Further Reading:
(a) Bayne, T. & Shea, N. 2020. Consciousness, concepts and natural kinds. Philosophical Topics, 48/1: 65-83.
(b) Birch, J. 2022. The search for invertebrate consciousness, Nous, 56/1: 133-53.

The course is organized by the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies / https://hardproblem.ru/ and Philosophy Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University / http://philos.msu.ru/

Lecturer: Prof. Timothy Bayne (Professor of Philosophy, Monash University (Melbourne)) / https://research.monash.edu/en/person...

Music: D-pulse, album “Dancing Qualia” / https://music.apple.com/ru/album/danc...

Timeline:

0:07 - Review of the natural kind approach and scientific problems of other minds
03:35 - Review of two responses to the circularity challenge
07:09 - Review of the global workspace theory
08:50 - The natural kind approach. Alternative approach to the circularity challenge
12:40 - 4 steps of the natural kind approach
20:38 - The natural kind approach vs The axiomatic approach
22:41 - The natural kind approach vs The correlational approach
23:37 - Objections to the natural kind approach
24:50 - The phenomenal objection
32:30 - Response to the phenomenal objection
37:32 - The Objection from Revelation
41:53 - Response to the Objection from Revelation
45:38 - The Starting Point Objection
46:48 - Response to the Starting Point Objection
49:20 - The Anthropocentric Objection
50:56 - Response to the Anthropocentric Objection
57:16 - Conclusion