TY - GEN
ID - cogprints227
UR - http://cogprints.org/227/
A1 - Chalmers, David
TI - On the Search for the Neural Correlate of Consciousness
Y1 - 1996///
N2 - This is a constructive analysis of the search for the "neural correlate of consciousness" (or the NCC, as it's sometimes called). I argue that because we don't have any way of detecting consciousness directly (i.e., we have no "consciousness meter"), the search is driven by pre-empirical bridging principles instead. I discuss some of these principles and draw some conclusions about the shape of the search. This paper is largely a transcript of my talk at the 1996 Tucson conference on consciousness, although some fun and games have been omitted.
AV - public
ER -