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Alexander Mugar Klein

@alexandermklein.bsky.social

Philosophy/history/science of mind. Consciousness. Action. James. Russell. Bikes!

Alexander Mugar Klein @alexandermklein.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Full argument in my new @AmSciMag article, published by @SigmaXiSociety: “Hallmarks of Consciousness.” On decapitated frogs, William James, and the measurement problem. Based on my @OUPPhilosophy book "Consciousness Is Motor." www.americanscientist.org/article/hal...

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Alexander Mugar Klein @alexandermklein.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Let's put down that copy of Nature Neuroscience and go back to something falsifiable: William James!

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Alexander Mugar Klein @alexandermklein.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Nobody describes phenomenology like William James. But his stream of consciousness flowed over a bedrock of empirical fact, from vivisection experiments to clinical observation. Behaviorism abandoned his weave of first and third person data; we're still catching back up today.

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Alexander Mugar Klein @alexandermklein.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Frogs that survive decapitation are still capable of purposive action. What did William James learn from such cases about the function and evolution of consciousness? Out now: bit.ly/4fpGlU5.

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