5/23/2023 0 Comments Consciousness by susan blackmoreMy own view is that to be consistent we have to say the same thing about consciousness. They end up taking something as fundamental. Nobody tries to explain, say space or time in terms of something which is more basic than space or time. What is there in the world? What are the basic components of the world? In physics this happens all the time. That raises deep questions of metaphysics. What a science of consciousness needs to do is to systematize that bridge. So if the relationship between brain processes and conscious experience isn’t one of reduction, what is it? Obviously there is going to be a very close correlation and a connection. (The following is an excerpt from a conversation between psychologist, Susan Blackmore and philosopher, David Chalmers in Blackmore’s book, Conversations On Consciousness)ĭave: I think someone could know all the physical facts about the world and still not know about consciousness. An excerpt from Conversations On Consciousness, by Susan Blackmore
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