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| Brain states: In philosophy, "brain state" refers to the specific configuration and activity of neurons and synapses at a given moment, corresponding to mental experiences and functions. See also Brain, Thinking, Consciousness, Experiences._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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David Chalmers on Brain/Brain State - Dictionary of Arguments
I XI Brain/Chalmers: how could a physical system such as a brain also be an experiencer? Why should there be something like how it is to be such a system? >Experience, >Knowledge how, >Consciousness/Chalmers. I 115 Brain/Neurobiology/Neurophysiology/Awareness/Explanation/Chalmers: There are approaches by Francis Crick and Christof Koch (1990) (1) on 40 Hertz oscillation... I 116 ...and by Gerald Edelman (1989) (2) who explain the phenomenal side of consciousness just as little as cognitive models. >Cognition/Chalmers. I 238 Brain state/Chalmers: what are the physical correlations to conscious experiences? Crick and Koch (1990): Thesis: 40 Hertz oscillations in the cortex are the neural correlates of the experience. Baars (1988) (3): thesis: a global "work space" is the basis for information processing of experiences in which the contents correspond directly to the contents of the work space. Farah (1994) (4) Thesis: Consciousness is associated with high-quality representations in the brain. Libet (1993) (5) Thesis: Consciousness is associated with neuronal activities that last long enough, with the minimum duration being about 500 milliseconds. 1. F. H. C. Crick and C. Koch, Towards a neurobiological theory of consciousness. Seminars in the Neurosciences 2, 1990: pp. 263-75 2. G. Edelman, The Remembered Present: A Biological Theory of Consciousness. New York 1989. 3. B. J. Baars, A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness, Cambridge 1988 4. M. Farah, Visual perception and visual awareness after brain damage. In: C. Umilta and M. Moscovitch (Eds) Conscious and Nonconsious Information Processing: Attention and Performance 15, Cambridge 1994 5. B. Libet, The neural time factor in conscious and unconscious events. IN: Experimental and Theoretical studies of Consciousness. Ciba Foundation Symposium 174. New York 1993._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cha I D. Chalmers The Conscious Mind Oxford New York 1996 Cha II D. Chalmers Constructing the World Oxford 2014 |
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