Methodological complexity in the study of consciousness
Kseniya Zobenko
Science and Education a New Dimension June 29, 2018 DOI: 10.31174/send-pp2018-170vi70-15 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Argues that the methodology of solving the problem of consciousness is integral to the problem itself, and that the many methods used in consciousness studies converge on basic properties of consciousness as research programs' methodological characteristics change. Contends that methodological pluralism in modern philosophy of consciousness appears primarily as a set of research strategies and their interpretations. |
Abstract
Why are we conscious?How can it be that information processed in the human brain is accompanied by subjective experience?An integral part of the problem of consciousness is the methodology of its solution.A lot of different methods in the study of consciousness, the author define as a convergence of the basic properties of consciousness in connection with the change in the methodological characteristics of research programs.Methodological pluralism, characteristic for modern philosophy of consciousness, is manifested, first of all, as a set of research strategies for solving the problem of consciousness and their interpretations.