?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Materialism+and+the+problem+of+consciousness%3A%0A+The+aesthesionomic+approach%0A&rft.creator=Lazarov%2C+Georgi&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+topic+of+the+essay+is+the+%E2%80%9Cexplanatory+gap%E2%80%9D+between%2C+on+one+side%2C+descriptions+of+conscious+states+from+1st+person+perspective%2C+termed+as+phenomenal+(P-)+consciousness%3B+and+on+the+other+side%2C+the+descriptions+of+conscious+states+in+representational+theories+of+mind%2C+from+3rd+person+perspective%2C+termed+as+access+(A-)+consciousness.+The+main+source+of+the+explanatory+gap+between+P-consciousness+and+A-consciousness+is+the+methodology+of+functionalism%2C+accepted+in+almost+contemporary+representational+theories.+%0AI+argue+for+the+following%3A+(1)+The+principles+of+materialist+ontology%2C+accepted+in+representational+theories+of+mind%2C+are+true.+But+materialism+is+not+necessary+linked+with+functionalist+research+methods.+The+only+reasonable+consequence+from+the+existence+of+the+%E2%80%9Cexplanatory+gap%E2%80%9D+is+that+functionalism+should+be+replaced+with+more+adequate+methodological+approaches.+(2)+One+such+non-functionalist+approach%2C+termed+as+%E2%80%9Caesthesionomic+approach%E2%80%9D%2C+is+proposed.+The+central+idea+is+that+phenomenal+conscious+states+should+be+first+described+in+objective+terms+(from+3rd+person+perspective).+Only+on+base+of+such+a+preliminary+objective+description+of+phenomenal+conscious+states%2C+the+description+of+representational+mechanisms+(able+to+realize+these+states)+will+not+give+rise+to+an+%E2%80%9Cexplanatory+gap%E2%80%9D.%0A&rft.date=2003-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3161%2F1%2FThe_Aesthesionomic_Approach.htm&rft.identifier=++Lazarov%2C+Georgi++(2003)+Materialism+and+the+problem+of+consciousness%3A+The+aesthesionomic+approach.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3161%2F