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Episode 18 1 hr 33 min

What Is The Function of Consciousness? The Evolutionary Purpose Of Conscious Minds

Dr Tevin Naidu in conversation with Chris Frith

About this episode

Chris Frith is Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London (UCL), Visiting Professor at the Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University, Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences from 1999, Chris was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2008 and an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association in 2010. He has won numerous medals and awards for his significant contributions to neuroscience, including the 2009 European Latsis Prize alongside his wife, the developmental psychologist Uta Frith, also a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Topics: Consciousness, Meaning, purpose and the good life · All guests

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