How to study consciousness scientifically 1
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The neurosciences have now advanced to the point that we can address — and perhaps, in the long run, even solve — the problem of consciousness as a scientific problem like any other. However there are a number of philosophical obstacles to this project. The aim of this article is to address and try to overcome some of those obstacles. Because the problem of giving an adequate account of consciousness is a modern descendant of the traditional ‘Mind–Body Problem’, I will begin with a brief discussion of the traditional problem. The mind–body problem can be divided into two problems, the first is easy to solve, the second is much more difficult. The first is this: What is the general character of
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