Consciousness modeled: reification and promising pluralism

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  • Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther University of California

Abstract

A tremendous opportunity lies in store for those of us interested in consciousness.I here bracket the arguments of those who wish to minimize or reduce consciousnessaway, either up into socially-based discourses and institutional power (e.g., Luhmannor Foucault) or down into sheer neural patterns (e.g., Paul Churchland). [...]

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Grønfeldt Winther, R. (2013). Consciousness modeled: reification and promising pluralism. Pensamiento. Revista De Investigación E Información Filosófica, 67(254 S.Esp), 617–630. Retrieved from https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/1101

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Vol. 67 No. 254 S.Esp (2011): SERIE ESPECIAL N.º 5

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