Round Table Discussion

Abstract

This is the transcription, by L.J. Landau from audio tape, of a round table discussion on the modelling and understanding of consciousness. The session was chaired by John Taylor and included questions and comments from the audience. The panelists were:

• Igor Aleksander Head of Department and Dennis Gabor Chair, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

• Christian Büchel Leopold Müller Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London, UK

• Peter Fenwick Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London , UK

• Susan Greenfield Gresham Professor of Physic, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, UK

• Brian Josephson Department of Physics, Cambridge University, UK

• David Papineau Head, Department of Philosophy, King’s College London, UK

• John Taylor Centre for Neural Networks, King’s College London, UK