What explains the "hard" problem of consciousness?
Cogn Neuropsychol February 18, 2020 DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2020.1729712 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Proposes that consciousness is the brain's simplified model of its own attention, which dissolves the 'hard' problem by treating subjective experience as an information-processing construct. |
Abstract
Graziano and colleagues (this volume) have proposed a new theory of consciousness, called Attention Schema Theory (AST), both in an attempt to dissolve the “hard” problem of consciousness and as a ...