?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Consciousness%2C+Brain+and+the+Physical+World&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Max&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.description=Dualist+and+Reductionist+theories+of+mind+disagree+about+whether+or+not+consciousness+can+be+reduced+to+a+state+of+or+function+of+the+brain.+They+assume%2C+however%2C+that+the+contents+of+consciousness+are+separate+from+the+external+physical+world+as-perceived.+According+to+the+present+paper+this+assumption+has+no+foundation+either+in+everyday+experience+or+in+science.+Drawing+on+evidence+for+perceptual+projection+in+both+interoceptive+and+exteroceptive+sense+modalities%2C+the+case+is+made+that+the+physical+world+as-perceived+is+a+construct+of+perceptual+processing+and%2C+therefore%2C+part+of+the+contents+of+consciousness.+A+finding+which+requires+a+Reflexive+rather+than+a+Dualist+or+Reductionist+model+of+how+consciousness+relates+to+the+brain+and+the+physical+world.+The+physical+world+as-perceived+may%2C+in+turn+be+thought+of+as+a+biologically+useful+model+of+the+world+as+described+by+physics.+Redrawing+the+boundaries+of+consciousness+to+include+the+physical+world+as-perceived+undermines+the+conventional+separation+of+the+'mental'+from+the+physical'%2C+and+with+it+the+very+foundation+of+the+Dualist-Reductionist+debate.+The+alternative+Reflexive+model+departs+radically+from+current+conventions%2C+with+consequences+for+many+aspects+of+consciousness+theory+and+research.+Some+of+the+consequences+which+bear+on+the+internal+consistency+and+intuitive+plausibility+of+the+model+are+explored%2C+e.g.+the+causal+sequence+in+perception%2C+representationalism%2C+a+suggested+resolution+of+the+Realism+versus+Idealism+debate%2C+and+the+way+manifest+differences+between+physical+events+as-perceived+and+other+conscious+events+(images%2C+dreams%2C+etc.)+are+to+be+construed.++In+the+present+paper+I+wish+to+challenge+some+of+our+most+deeply-rooted+assumptions+about+what+consciousness+is%2C+by+re-examining+how+consciousness%2C+the+human+brain%2C+and+the+surrounding+physical+world+relate+to+each+other.&rft.date=1990&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F238%2F1%2F199801005.html&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Max++(1990)+Consciousness%2C+Brain+and+the+Physical+World.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F238%2F