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there is an essential meaning of the word “consciousness,” one that contemporary neuroscientists, biologists, psychologists, or philosophers can recognize, even though they approach the phenomenon with varied methods and explain it in different ways. For all of them, more often than not, “consciousness” is a synonym of mental experience. And what
... See moreAntonio Damasio • Feeling & Knowing
I Feel, Therefore I Am: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on Consciousness and How the Feeling-Tone of the Body Underscores the Symphony of the Mind
Maria Popovathemarginalian.orgWe will examine cases in which reduced brain functioning is related to heightened conscious experience. This relationship might make sense if we regard the brain as a filter—rather than a producer—of consciousness.
Mark Gober • An End to Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling the Myth That the Brain Produces Consciousness, and the Implications for Everyday Life
Memory is shown to be not so much a library but more a repository of ready-to-run routines that enable our daily living.
Vincent Deary • How We Are
They suggest instead that, where the mind is concerned, we need a fundamental distinction of the subjective from the objective (roughly, an inside/private view of the mind versus an outside/public one). This distinction supports dualism, for which consciousness depends on the brain but isn’t identical with it. Dualism is opposed to materialism,
... See moreGary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
The more we understand the human mind in causal terms, the harder it becomes to draw a distinction between cases like 4 and 5.