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A Nagelian Neurology of Consciousness?
The aim of this paper is to explore the possibility that Nagel’s well-known account has implications for understanding the neural basis of consciousness. In a world assumed to be non-dualistic, it is argued that NagelR...
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Neurophenomenology: How to combine subjective experience with brain evidence
In this study we investigated whether refined first-person data from trained subjects could be used to guide the detection and interpretation of neural processes. This study is an attempt to implement a research program labeled...
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Some good things about Crick & Koch’s “Framework for consciousness.”
Science and Consciousness Review has just published a summary and four commentaries about the significant new article by Francis Crick and Christof Koch, titled “A framework for consciousness.” Most SCR commentaries in this...
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The 10 point framework and the altogether too hard basket
The large footprints of the Crick/Koch duo at the frontier of knowledge can be a little daunting, which is why I was concerned at the very first paragraph of “A Framework for Consciousness” (1). It says that qualia are too ...
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A computer-based model of Crick and Koch’s Framework for Consciousness
Recently Crick and Koch offered a “Framework for Consciousness” (2003). Pradeep Mutalik’s review of that article in SCR (Mutalik 2003) asserts that “Crick and Koch describe ten aspects of a framework that they believe o...
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Comments on “A framework for consciousness”
The Missing Self, or: 10 Ways How To Be A Zombie The article by Crick and Koch is undoubtedly a first: for Nature to cave in so spectacularly to the so-called ‘Framework’ proffered to them in the name of neuroscience. But u...
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Crick and Koch’s new “Framework for Consciousness”
It is not often that a top scientific journal features a lead article on consciousness, and we at SCR rejoice to see Francis Crick and Christof Koch’s commentary “A Framework for Consciousness,” featured in the February 2...
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Unconscious states cast light on consciousness
Evidence from persistent vegetative states (PVS) There are some striking similarities between unconscious states. For example, deep sleep shows slow, high, and regular electrical waves in the brain. But a similar pattern can of...
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Consciousness Lost: The lightning storm of seizures
Epilepsy is brain disorder characterized by spontaneous, repeated seizures. During seizures, nerve cells fire in massive, synchronized bursts. One might think of it as a massive electrical storm, with high peaks and valleys of ...
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Changing of escaping the self
When we become self-aware we see who we are and what we would like to be. What do we do? Do we change who we are? Or do we escape self-awareness by watching TV—or worst, by drinking alcohol, doing drugs, or committing suicide...