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Ned Block

Silver Professor of Philosophy

Psychology and Neural Science, New York University, United States

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Biography at NYU

Interview on phenomenal consciousness for Scientia Salon

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Publications   

List of publications

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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