Bitbol, Michel (2008) Is Consciousness primary? UNSPECIFIED.

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Six arguments against the view that conscious experience derives from a material basis are reviewed. These arguments arise from epistemology, phenomenology, neuropsychology, and philosophy of quantum mechanics. It turns out that any attempt at proving that conscious experience is ontologically secondary to material objects both fails and brings out its methodological and existential primacy. No alternative metaphysical view is espoused (not even a variety of Spinoza’s attractive double-aspect theory). Instead, an alternative stance, inspired from F. Varela’s neurophenomenology is advocated. This unfamiliar stance involves (i) a complete redefinition of the boundary between unquestioned assumptions and relevant questions ; (ii) a descent towards the common ground of the statements of phenomenology and objective natural science : a practice motivated by the quest of an expanding circle of intersubjective agreement.

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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Bitbol, Michel
Keywords:	Consciousness, epistemology, phenomenology, quantum mechanics, neurophysiology, neurophenomenology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Ethical Issues Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Michel Guy Simon Bitbol
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2008
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:16
Item ID:	4007
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Ethical Issues Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4007

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