ObjectiveSpecific sedative hypnotic agents, administered to facilitate endotracheal intubation (ETI) in critically ill adults, may lead to adverse outcomes such as peri-intubation cardiovascular collapse. However, little is known from systematic investigations of the impact these individual agents have on cardiovascular function or other clinical outcomes.Data sourcesMEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL,...
Here I develop a theoretical framework for understanding the notions of shared and collective consciousness. For this purpose, I focus on an interpretation of quantum mechanics that invokes an ontologically deeper ground and link this with reasoning from the philosophy of mind associated with Bertrand Russell, who provided reasons for holding that the intrinsic nature of matter is...
A new book by Philip Goff, Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, accomplishes a number of notable things. Perhaps foremost, Goff provides an excellent overview of the debate on consciousness for a wide audience with little or no background in philosophy. He guides the reader through the various frameworks that include dualism, physicalism, and panpsychism. Goff’s...
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is an influential framework for understanding the link between the brain’s neural structure and consciousness. However, based on arguments that purely structural explanations, such as IIT, cannot address the hard problem of consciousness, I supplement IIT with an intrinsic element that includes properties extending beyond the purely structural, and which,...