Consciousness Has an Integrative Function
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.
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.
