Bio-centric Views of the Origin of Consciousness: The Search for the Solution to the Hard Problem
The First Minds December 22, 2018 Arthur S. Reber
Abstract Two strategies are used to review the many efforts to solve (or resolve or dissolve) the Hard Problem. One searches for the neurocorrelates of consciousness, the effort to answer the question: “How does the brain make the mind?” The other looks for the first appearance of true consciousness in phylogenesis. Both approaches are reviewed and found wanting. The reason is they all begin...