What is a Theory of Consciousness for?
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Journal of Consciousness Studies 2021 DOI: 10.53765/20512201.28.9.104 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that Galileo's Error (Goff, 2019) leaves two important questions unasked and unanswered: what a theory of consciousness is supposed to accomplish, and what the materialism–dualism–panpsychism debate is actually about. |
Abstract
Galileo's Error (Goff, 2019) leaves important questions unasked and hence unanswered. I focus on two of these: the question of what a theory of consciousness is supposed to accomplish, and the question of what the materialism–dualism–panpsychism debate is actually about.
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