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The explanatory gap is still there.

K Oberauer

The Behavioral and brain sciences October 1, 2001 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x01480113 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Key points Argues that O'Regan and Noë's sensorimotor theory does not solve the hard problem of consciousness and that exchanging sensorimotor contingencies for neural representations is an illusion.

Abstract

I argue that O'Regan & Noë's (O&N's) theory is in a no better position than any other theory to solve the "hard problem" of consciousness. Getting rid of the explanatory gap by exchanging sensorimotor contingencies for neural representations is an illusion.