Ned Block
Silver Professor of Philosophy
Psychology and Neural Science, New York University, United States
More biographical information
Biography at NYU
Interview on phenomenal consciousness for Scientia Salon
Twitter (@De_dicto)
Publications
List of publications
List of publications on PhilPapers
Citations on Google Scholar
Selected publications relevant to consciousness
Block, N. (1995). On a confusion about a function of consciousness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18(2), 227–287 (incl. commentaries and author’s response). Journal record (abstract only) here. Full text here.
Block, N. (2007). Consciousness, accessibility, and the mesh between psychology and neuroscience. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(5–6), 481–548 (incl. commentaries and author’s response). Full text here.
Block, N. (2010). Attention and mental paint. Philosophical Issues, 20, 23–63. Journal record (abstract only) here. Direct PDF download here.
Block, N. (2011). Perceptual consciousness overflows cognitive access. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15(12), 567–575. Journal record (abstract only) here. Direct PDF download here.
See also
Carruthers, P. (2015). Block’s overflow argument. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. Online first. Paywall-protected journal record here. Direct PDF download (final version) here.
Dennett, D. C. (1995a). The path not taken. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18, 252–253. Commentary on N. Block, ‘On a confusion about a function of consciousness’, BBS, 18, 227–247. Full text (html) (commentary) here and (target article) here.
Video
List of online videos
Why AI approaches won’t work. Google Talks, June 2017
The mind-body problem. Interview for My Mind’s Eye podcast, 2013
Ned Block challenges enactivism. Philosophical Overdose, April 2013
Why consciousness is not an illusion. Closer to Truth, April 2010
Audio
Interview on consciousness for Philosophy Bites podcast