Christof Koch
German-American neuroscientist seeking neural correlates of consciousness.
Most quoted
"Consciousness is not something that emerges from complexity; it is a fundamental property of certain complex systems."
— from Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist, 2012
"The hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how physical processes give rise to subjective experience."
— from The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, 2004
"We are not just passive observers of the world; we are active participants, constantly constructing our reality."
— from Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist, 2012
All quotes by Christof Koch (100)
Consciousness is a property of complex systems that have a certain kind of causal structure.
The brain is a machine, but it's a machine that feels.
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) posits that consciousness is identical to integrated information.
The problem of consciousness is the last great scientific frontier.
We are not just passive observers of the world; we are active participants, constantly constructing our reality.
The brain is the most complex object in the known universe.
Consciousness is not something that emerges from complexity; it is a fundamental property of certain complex systems.
The hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how physical processes give rise to subjective experience.
If you want to understand consciousness, you have to look at the brain.
The brain is a causal nexus, a web of interactions that gives rise to our subjective world.
Consciousness is a feeling, a subjective experience, not just a computation.
The search for the neural correlates of consciousness is the most promising path to understanding it.
We are living in a golden age of neuroscience.
The brain is not a general-purpose computer; it's a specialized organ for survival and reproduction.
Consciousness is not an all-or-nothing phenomenon; it comes in degrees.
The brain is a self-organizing system, constantly adapting and changing.
The universe is not just matter and energy; it also contains consciousness.
We are on the cusp of a revolution in our understanding of the mind.
The brain is a marvel of engineering, a testament to evolution.
The subjective experience of consciousness is what makes us human.
Contemporaries of Christof Koch
Other Cognitive Sciences born within 50 years of Christof Koch (1956).