Max Velmans
Andrea Eugenio Cavanna, Andrea Nani
Consciousness 2014 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44088-9_29 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Conscious experience British psychological society Phenomenal aspect Phenomenal evidence Phenomenal appearance |
| Key points | The text describes Velmans's career and his book Understanding Consciousness, in which he proposes a theory of consciousness called "reflexive monism" that attempts to reconcile the phenomenal aspects of the mind with the physical aspects of the brain. |
Abstract
Max Velmans, born 27 May 1942, is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 1994, he cofounded the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society and made several publications in the area of consciousness studies, which culminated in a book titled Understanding Consciousness . In this book – which thus far has had two editions, in 2000 and 2009 – Velmans put forward his theory of consciousness (called reflexive monism ) by trying to reconcile the phenomenal aspects of the mind with the physical aspects of the brain.