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Neuroethics & philosophical reflection in the Human Brain Project

In the Human Brain Project, neuroethics and philosophical reflection have provided an interface between empirical brain sciences, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, ethics, psychology, and social sciences. The efforts made to include conceptual and normative reflection on the ethical, social, cultural, and philosophical issues that drive and arise from brain research are unique. Over the…

Comic by Constanza Rojas Molina on the philosophy of science and brain modeling

Artificial intelligence, Ethics and Society, Outreach and Dissemination, Uncategorized brain simulation, philosophy, SciComm April 19, 2021

Artistic interpretation of the philosophical aspects of virtual brains

Josepine Fernow No Comments

In the search for a better understanding of how the brain functions, the human brain project is using brain simulations. These in silico experiments are done in the projects work steam on brain simulation. Simulations offer an unprecedented opportunity to study diseases of the brain, like epilepsy. But to understand what we see when we…

Human Brain Project Neuroethics, philosophy February 17, 2021

The hard problem of consciousness: please handle with care!

Michele Farisco 2 Comments

We face challenges every day. Some are more demanding than others, but it seems that there is not a day without some problem to handle. Unless they are too big to manage, problems are like the engines of our lives. They push us to always go beyond wherever we are and whatever we do, to…

Ethics and Society Artificial Intelligence, consciousness, Neuroethics, philosophy December 22, 2020

Are you conscious? Looking for reliable indicators

Michele Farisco No Comments

How can we be sure that a person in front of us is conscious? This might seem like a näive question, but it actually resulted in one of the trickiest and most intriguing philosophical problems, classically known as “the other minds problem.” Yet this is more than just a philosophical game: reliable detection of conscious…