?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Introspective+physicalism+as+an+approach+to+the+science+of+consciousness&rft.creator=Jack%2C+Anthony+Ian&rft.creator=Shallice%2C+Tim&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Most+%C2%91theories+of+consciousness%C2%92+are+based+on+vague+speculations+about+the+properties+of+conscious+experience.+We+aim+to+provide+a+more+solid+basis+for+a+science+of+consciousness.+We+argue+that+a+theory+of+consciousness+should+provide+an+account+of+the+very+processes+that+allow+us+to+acquire+and+use+information+about+our+own+mental+states+%C2%96+the+processes+underlying+introspection.+This+can+be+achieved+through+the+construction+of+information+processing+models+that+can+account+for+%C2%91Type-C%C2%92+processes.+Type-C+processes+can+be+specified+experimentally+by+identifying+paradigms+in+which+awareness+of+the+stimulus+is+necessary+for+an+intentional+action.+The+Shallice+(1988b)+framework+is+put+forward+as+providing+an+initial+account+of+Type-C+processes%2C+which+can+relate+perceptual+consciousness+to+consciously+performed+actions.+Further%2C+we+suggest+that+this+framework+may+be+refined+through+the+investigation+of+the+functions+of+prefrontal+cortex.+The+formulation+of+our+approach+requires+us+to+consider+fundamental+conceptual+and+methodological+issues+associated+with+consciousness.+The+most+significant+of+these+issues+concerns+the+scientific+use+of+introspective+evidence.+We+outline+and+justify+a+conservative+methodological+approach+to+the+use+of+introspective+evidence%2C+with+attention+to+the+difficulties+historically+associated+with+its+use+in+psychology.&rft.date=2001-04&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1252%2F3%2Fintrospectivephysicalismpreprint.pdf&rft.identifier=++Jack%2C+Anthony+Ian+and+Shallice%2C+Tim++(2001)+Introspective+physicalism+as+an+approach+to+the+science+of+consciousness.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1252%2F