The need for a theory
November 28, 2019 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198843702.003.0003 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that the problem of animal consciousness cannot be tackled directly without commitment to a particular theory of consciousness. The chapter supports this by discussing evidence for unconscious perceptual states and one recent effort to put the emergence of consciousness into phylogenetic context, and it outlines constraints a successful theory of consciousness should meet. |
Abstract
Abstract The present chapter argues that the problem of animal consciousness can’t be tackled directly, without commitment to any particular theory of consciousness. In the course of doing so, it discusses evidence of the existence of unconscious perceptual states, as well as one recent effort to put the emergence of consciousness into phylogenetic context. Finally, it outlines the constraints that a successful theory of consciousness should meet.
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