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Why Naturalize Consciousness?
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Abstract
This paper examines the relevance of philosophical work on consciousness to its scientific study. Of particular concern is the debate over whether consciousness can be naturalized, which is typically taken to bear on the prospects for its scientific investigation. It is not at all clear that philosophers of consciousness have properly identified and evaluated the assumptions about scientific activity made by both naturalization and antinaturalization projects. I argue that the...
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A New Thinking Emerges About Consciousness; Descartes Notwithstanding, Some Neuroscientists Find the Answer in Chemistry, Not Philosophy
The Washington Post
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Who=am I2.(theories on irreducibility of phenomenon of consciousness)
U.S. News & World Report
; In the conference center of the National Institutes of Health--a sleekly modernist temple of scientific objectivity--passions verge on erupting. Several scientists and academics attending the May symposium on Scientific Approaches to Consciousness are beside themselves over the claim made by one of
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Daniel Dennett and the Brick Wall of Consciousness
The Hudson Review
; "Like" and "like" and "like"-but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing? -Virginia Woolf, The Waves How could a physical system give rise to conscious experience? -David J. Chalmers, The Conscious Mind Only a theory that explained conscious events in terms of unconscious
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The possibility of a science of experience: An examination of some conceptual problems facing the study of consciousness.
British Journal of Psychology
; Elizabeth R. Valentine Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK This paper addresses some of the chief conceptual problems associated with the study of conscious experience. (1) Conceptual confusion and lack of clarity of the term 'consciousness' itself, including doubts
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SAVING THE SELF? CLASSICAL HINDU THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONTEMPORARY PHYSICALISM.
Philosophy East and West
; This is a highly programmatic essay. It aims to provide some suggestions on how classical Indian philosophical material may contribute to current discussions in consciousness studies, but does not attempt to provide either a textual exploration of that material or a detailed taxonomy of issues in
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Consciousness Disorders in Schizophrenia: a Forgotten Land for Psychopathology
Revista Internacional de Psicología y Terapia Psicológica
; ABSTRACT The scientific study of consciousness has been boosted in the last two decades, especially from philosophical and neuroscientific realms. Before that, the topic was neglected, particularly in psychiatry in which, either out-of-consciousness experiences were emphasized (as in
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Consciousness across cultures: a response to Bina Gupta's CIT Consciousness.(COMMENT AND DISCUSSION)
Philosophy East and West
; In recent years, consciousness has reemerged from the nether world of scientific and philosophical investigation and is now seen by many researchers as the last great unsolved scientific problem. There are several reasons for this shift in the status of consciousness studies. For one, neuroscience
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The Bodily Nature of Consciousness
Behavior and Philosophy
; Sartre believed that "all consciousness is self-consciousness." In Being and Nothingness he attempted to show the truth of this assertion. His phenomenological analysis of consciousness distinguishes among several types of consciousness-for example, reflective and prereflective, pure and impure-and
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Consciousness studies: the view from psychology.(Consciousness: A User's Guide)(Mirror Neurons and the Evolution of Brain and Language)(Consciousness: Creeping Up on the Hard Problem)(Consciousness: An Introduction)(Book review)
British Journal of Psychology
; Consciousness: A user's guide By Adam Zeman Yale, CT: Yale University Press. 2003. Hbk [pounds sterling]18.95, ISBN 0-300-09280-62004. Pbk [pounds sterling]10.99, ISBN 0-300-10497-9 Mirror neurons and the evolution of brain and language Edited by Maxim I. Stamenov and Vittorio Gallese Amsterdam:
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Is There Room for the Soul?(research into biology of consciousness)
U.S. News & World Report
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