The future of consciousness science
Advances in Consciousness Research June 17, 2015 DOI: 10.1075/aicr.92.10rev (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 consciousness science should adopt a multilevel framework distinguishing constitutive, etiological, and contextual explanation, and proposes that the field will gradually converge on a unified multilevel model linking phenomenology, the phenomenal level in the brain, and physical causal networks. The dreaming brain serves as a model system for the author's electrophysiology and transcranial magnetic stimulation research. |
Abstract
In this paper I overview my previous work concerning a multilevel framework for consciousness science. Constitutive, etiological and contextual dimensions of explanation are described. The multilevel framework is then applied to current issues within consciousness science including understanding the convergence of top-down and bottom-up constraints, the level of measurement problem and sorting out t he correlates, causes and constituents of consciousness. Drawing on the dreaming brain as a model system, I also briefly describe my group’s research using electrophysiology and transcranial magnetic stimulation. I conclude that consciousness science will gradually adopt a unified multilevel model with a systematic description of phenomenology, the phenomenal level in the brain and their relation with the causal networks of the physical world.
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