Link, Jaxson (2012) Unsolved problems in neuroscience. White Word Publications, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132342540
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Abstract
Consciousness is a term that has been used to refer to a variety of aspects of the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined, at one time or another, as: subjective experience; awareness the ability to experience feelings; wakefulness having a sense of selfhood; or as the executive control system of the mind. Despite the difficulty of definition, many philosophers believe that there is a basic underlying intuition about consciousness that is shared by nearly all people. As Max Velmans and Susan Schneider wrote in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness "Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives." In philosophy, consciousness is often said to imply four characteristics: subjectivity, change, continuity, and selectivity. Philosopher Franz Brentano has also suggested intentionality or aboutness (that consciousness is about something); however, there is no consensus on whether intentionality is a requirement for consciousness. Issues of practical concern in the philosophy of consciousness include whether consciousness can ever be explained mechanistically, whether non-human consciousness exists and if so how it can be recognized, at what point in fetal development consciousness begins; and whether it may ever be possible for computers to achieve a conscious state.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 02:08 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2023 02:08 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3883 |
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