# Event Details - **Event Name**: Guest Talk: Professor Paul Skokowski — Sensing Qualia - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Guest talk by Paul Skokowski on Sensing Qualia, exploring consciousness and how subjective experience arises from the brain.About this EventAbout the EventSt Edmund Hall is delighted to welcome Professor Paul Skokowski (Stanford University; Fellow of St Edmund Hall) for a special talk on his new book, Sensing Qualia: Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness.In this talk, Professor Skokowski will explore one of the most profound questions in philosophy and cognitive science: how subjective experience—what it feels like to see colour, hear sound, or feel pain—arises from the physical processes of the brain. Drawing on philosophy, neuroscience, and physics, he presents a new approach to understanding consciousness.The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.About the SpeakerPaul Skokowski is a philosopher and cognitive scientist at Stanford University and Executive Director of the Center for the Explanation of Consciousness. His research focuses on perception, consciousness, and the relationship between mind and world. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/guest-talk-professor-paul-skokowski-—-sensing-qualia/100001987514952726 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Oxford - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: St Edmund Hall - **lat**: 51.753072 - **long**: -1.249984 - **full address**: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Guest Talk: Professor Paul Skokowski — Sensing Qualia - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/ca4332e4c07ac33defc95050f0b65b082225ed52c4e8ee4ca2a3bee8063ef5f2-rimg-w719-h348-dceedba8-gmir.jpg?v=1776287420 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Guest Talk: Professor Paul Skokowski — Sensing Qualia being held? - **A:** Guest Talk: Professor Paul Skokowski — Sensing Qualia takes place on Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm at St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Guest Talk: Professor Paul Skokowski — Sensing Qualia? - **A:** Guest Talk: Professor Paul Skokowski — Sensing Qualia is organized by Centre for the Creative Brain. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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