#513 – Exploring Neuro-Philosophy with Georg Northoff MD PhD

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Dr. Georg Northoff is a philosopher, neuroscientist and psychiatrist, holding degrees in all three disciplines. Being originally from Germany, he is now working in Ottawa/Canada where he researches the relationship between the brain and mind in its various facets focusing on the neural and biochemical mechanisms related to higher-order mental functions like consciousness and self in both healthy subjects and psychiatric disorders like depression and schizophrenia. “The question driving me is: why and how can our brain construct subjective phenomena like self, consciousness, emotions.” He is one of the leading figures in linking philosophy and neuroscience in a non-reductive way and author of 260 journal articles, 15 books including “Neuro-philosophy and the Healthy Mind” 2016 Norton Publishing, New York.

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