Subjective reality and the brain: An essay on a theoretical solution to the problem
Давид Израилевич Дубровский
Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences February 1, 2013 DOI: 10.1134/s101933161301005x (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 4 |
| Key points | Addresses how material brain processes produce subjective experience and how this capacity emerged in humans, arguing that science currently lacks a satisfactory description and explanation of the phenomenon. The article is presented as an attempt to offer such an explanation, though the abstract does not state its specific conclusion. |
Abstract
States of consciousness—subjective reality—form the direct experience of any person. As is known, we have consciousness thanks to the functioning of the human brain. Yet how do material processes transfer to ideal forms in which our subjective reality exists? How did this human ability appear? Despite long interest in this problem, science is still unable to give a satisfactory description and explanation of this phenomenon. Such an attempt is made in the article below.