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| Title |
Closing in on the constitution of consciousness
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01293 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven M. Miller |
| Abstract |
The science of consciousness is a nascent and thriving field of research that is founded on identifying the minimally sufficient neural correlates of consciousness. However, I have argued that it is the neural constitution of consciousness that science seeks to understand and that there are no evident strategies for distinguishing the correlates and constitution of (phenomenal) consciousness. Here I review this correlation/constitution distinction problem and challenge the existing foundations of consciousness science. I present the main analyses from a longer paper in press on this issue, focusing on recording, inhibition, stimulation, and combined inhibition/stimulation strategies, including proposal of the Jenga analogy to illustrate why identifying the minimally sufficient neural correlates of consciousness should not be considered the ultimate target of consciousness science. Thereafter I suggest that while combined inhibition and stimulation strategies might identify some constitutive neural activities-indeed minimally sufficient constitutive neural activities-such strategies fail to identify the whole neural constitution of consciousness and thus the correlation/constitution distinction problem is not fully solved. Various clarifications, potential objections and related scientific and philosophical issues are also discussed and I conclude by proposing new foundational claims for consciousness science. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 27% |
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| Australia | 1 | 9% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 9% |
| Spain | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 40 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 24% |
| Researcher | 8 | 18% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 22% |
| Unknown | 5 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 12 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 16% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 16% |
| Philosophy | 6 | 13% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 January 2020.
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