How a Neural Correlate can Function as an Explanation of Consciousness: Evidence from the History of Science regarding the likely Explanatory Value of the NCC Approach
A frequent criticism of the neuroscientific approach to consciousness is that its theories describe only 'correlates' or 'analogues' of consciousness, and so fail to address the nature of consciousness itself. Despite its apparent logical simplicity, this criticism in fact relies...
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Main Author: | FARBER, Ilya |
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Language: | English |
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2005
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