Department of History and Philosophy of Science will hold the 31st Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy. Everyone is welcome.

Title: "Reductio ad absurdum of Naturalistic-representational Reduction of Phenomenal Consciousness"

Speaker: Patrick Grueneberg (Technical University Berlin)

Abstract: A major line in theories of consciousness makes use of representational architecture and naturalistic reduction to neural processes. This combination inevitably leads to contradictions and absurd consequences. In my talk, I would like to present such a reductio. Additionally and aside from this critical perspective, the further implications derived from the absurd consequences of such theories are quite instructive regarding some special methodological features of consciousness.