TY  - UNPB
ID  - cogprints179
UR  - http://cogprints.org/179/
A1  - Merker, Bjorn H.
TI  - The Common Denominator of Conscious States: Implications for the Biology of Consciousness
Y1  - 1997/12//
N2  - In order to distinguish the conscious state itself from its aspects and contents we need an answer to the question "if there is something it is like to be conscious, what is it?" A succinct answer to this question is provided in the form of a common denominator of all conscious states. This characterization of the conscious state has implications for the systematic study of consciousness through its bearing on a number of concrete issues connected with the nature of consciousness and its relation to the biology of brains and their evolution. These are discussed with a view to delineating the characteristics of consciousness, suggesting the primary functional role of consciousness in the total economy of brain functions, and exploring the tractability of the problem of consciousness from the standpoint of ordinary science. 1997
AV  - public
KW  - Consciousness
KW  -  subject
KW  -  attention
KW  -  memory
KW  -  executive
KW  -  decision
KW  -  selection for action
KW  -  emotion
KW  -  behavioral priority
KW  -  free will
KW  -  naive realism.
ER  -

<script src='https://archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>
<script src='https://archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/google-analytics.js'></script>