The ‘Consciousness-Brain’ relationship
Jean Pierre Gerbaulet, Marc Henry
Substantia March 31, 2019 DOI: 10.13128/substantia-161 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that a thought experiment involving a human intellect observing itself demonstrates that consciousness is not generated by assemblies of neurons, as the author says many neuroscientists postulate. The author contends that consciousness pre-exists any material system. |
Abstract
From a thought experiment on the observation of a human intellect by itself, we will attempt to demonstrate that, unlike what many neuroscientists postulate, assemblies of neurons do not generate consciousness: Consciousness pre-exists any material system.