Ken Mogi

He is a senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories and a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

According to the profile posted at his personal blog, his mission is "to solve the so-called mind-brain problem."

They cover not only brain science but also include, but are not limited to, philosophy, history, art, education, and linguistics.

His book "Nō to Kasō" (脳と仮想, "Brain and Imagination") has received the 2005 Hideo Kobayashi award, and another book "Ima Koko kara Subete no Basho e" (今ここからすべての場所へ, "From Here, to Everywhere") has received the 2008 Takeo Kuwabara academic award.

[1] In 2018, Mogi published his first book in English titled "Ikigai", in which he discussed the topic of the same name.

Kenichirō Mogi (November 17, 2007)
Ken'ichirō Mogi, Senior Researcher of the Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. , talked with Kazuyo Katsuma , Certified Public Accountant , in Kōchi Prefecture on November 29, 2009.