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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1091 - 1107 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Consciousness and Cognition |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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How to integrate dreaming into a general theory of consciousness - A critical review of existing positions and suggestions for future research. / Windt, Jennifer Michelle; Noreika, Valdas.
In: Consciousness and Cognition, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2011, p. 1091 - 1107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - How to integrate dreaming into a general theory of consciousness - A critical review of existing positions and suggestions for future research
AU - Windt, Jennifer Michelle
AU - Noreika, Valdas
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper, we address the different ways in which dream research can contribute to interdisciplinary consciousness research. As a second global state of consciousness aside from wakefulness, dreaming is an important contrast condition for theories of waking consciousness. However, programmatic suggestions for integrating dreaming into broader theories of consciousness, for instance by regarding dreams as a model system of standard or pathological wake states, have not yielded straightforward results. We review existing proposals for using dreaming as a model system, taking into account concerns about the concept of modeling and the adequacy and practical feasibility of dreaming as a model system. We conclude that existing modeling approaches are premature and rely on controversial background assumptions. Instead, we suggest that contrastive analysis of dreaming and wakefulness presents a more promising strategy for integrating dreaming into a broader research context and solving many of the problems involved in the modeling approach. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - In this paper, we address the different ways in which dream research can contribute to interdisciplinary consciousness research. As a second global state of consciousness aside from wakefulness, dreaming is an important contrast condition for theories of waking consciousness. However, programmatic suggestions for integrating dreaming into broader theories of consciousness, for instance by regarding dreams as a model system of standard or pathological wake states, have not yielded straightforward results. We review existing proposals for using dreaming as a model system, taking into account concerns about the concept of modeling and the adequacy and practical feasibility of dreaming as a model system. We conclude that existing modeling approaches are premature and rely on controversial background assumptions. Instead, we suggest that contrastive analysis of dreaming and wakefulness presents a more promising strategy for integrating dreaming into a broader research context and solving many of the problems involved in the modeling approach. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
UR - http://goo.gl/eskxzB
U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2010.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2010.09.010
M3 - Article
VL - 20
SP - 1091
EP - 1107
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
SN - 1053-8100
IS - 4
ER -