Neural correlates and causal mechanisms

Jakob Hohwy

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2011.06.006

Neural correlates and causal mechanisms

Jakob Hohwy

Philosophy

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Abstract

What Joseph Neisser calls for is exactly right: more philosophy of science will help us better understand and refine the idea of neural correlates of consciousness (NCC). But (i) the key bit of philosophy of science Neisser appeals to is itself in need of clarification; (ii) the orthodox NCC definition is more resourceful than Neisser allows, and (iii) it is possible to resist the phenomenological conception of conscious experience that fuels some of Neisser's argument.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	691-692
Number of pages	2
Journal	Consciousness and Cognition
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.06.006
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Causal mechanisms
Causation
Neural correlates of consciousness
Supervenience

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