Consciousness Is Nothing But a Word

Skeptic | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

IN 1991, DANIEL DENNETT PUBUSHED HIS tome, Consciousness Explained.1 Yet, ten years later he penned an article titled "Are We Explaining Consciousness Yet?"2 If he had to ask die question, the answer seems obvious. Englishspeaking philosophers and psychologists have been trying to understand consciousness at least since John Locke introduced the word into the English language in the 17th century. But despite die best efforts of those who've thrown their hats into the ring, we haven't made much progress. Obviously, a different approach is needed.

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