Christoffer Lundbak Olesen (Aarhus University), Mads Hansen (University of Bristol), and Karsten Olsen (Aarhus University) invite academics who work in or are familiar with consciousness research to take part in a preregistered study on whether differences in subjective experience shape philosophical intuitions about consciousness.
The invitation reads:
We are conducting a research study investigating academics who work in or are familiar with consciousness research. The study explores whether differences in subjective experience influence philosophical intuitions about consciousness, particularly the divide between physicalist and dualist perspectives. The study is part of an accepted Preregistered Report.
We kindly invite you to participate in this study by completing an anonymous questionnaire (approx. 30 minutes). Your participation would help to illuminate how theoretical and experiential factors relate, and whether disagreement within the field may be influenced by pre-theoretic experiential biases.
Read more about the study and access the survey here: https://survey.au.dk/LinkCollector?key=81KSG25CS136
Or visit the Aarhus University survey website https://survey.au.dk/collect and type in the code: 81KS-G25C-S136
The link will take you to the website containing the survey. Here you will first be asked to provide your voluntary consent before proceeding to the study survey, which includes questions about your metaphysical views on consciousness, scenario-based thought experiments, and a set of validated psychological instruments that help us understand your experiential profile. Participation is entirely voluntary and anonymous. All data will be handled securely and in full compliance with GDPR.
We would also be very grateful if you could forward this invitation to colleagues who work on or are interested in consciousness.
The study is conducted as a collaboration between experimental researchers and philosophers at Aarhus University and the University of Bristol. If you would like to be informed when the results of the study come out, please reply with your preferred email, and you will receive a message from us.