On the primacy and irreducible nature of first-person versus third-person information.
Patrizio Tressoldi, Enrico Facco, Daniela Lucangeli
F1000Research 2017 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.10752.3 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Consciousness First-person Mind-brain relationship Third-person |
| Key points | Argues that first-person accounts are the only reliable source for analyzing qualia contents and that neural correlates do not provide additional information about them. |
Abstract
In this essay, we will support the claim that at the current level of scientific advancement a) some first-person accounts cannot be reduced to their third-person neural and psychophysiological correlates and b) that these first-person accounts are the only information to reckon when it is necessary to analyse qualia contents. Consequently, for many phenomena, first-person accounts are the only reliable source of information available and the knowledge of their neural and psychophysical correlates don't offer any additional information about them.