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Consciousness & The Brain · Jul 9, 2026

Consciousness Has an Integrative Function

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Bernard Baars · Consciousness & The Brain

Some have argued that consciousness is only a side effect of the brain. But from an evolutionary point of view, adaptations are shaped by intense genetic pressures, and those pressures are causal.

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David Edelman, PhD: neuroscientist and former Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brian Sciences at Dartmouth College

Episode #22 of our podcast Consciousness & the Brain welcomed neuroscientist David Edelman, who graciously hosted this discussion in the home of his late father, Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman.

Gerald Edelman was a renowned biologist who thought deeply about consciousness and the philosophical question of whether consciousness can be causal.

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