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 conscio...

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