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abstract: "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."
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title: On the Search for the Neural Correlate of Consciousness
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