creators_name: Velmans, M.
type: confpaper
datestamp: 1999-12-01
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:53
metadata_visibility: show
title: DEFINING CONSCIOUSNESS
ispublished: unpub
subjects: percep-cog-psy
subjects: phil-mind
full_text_status: public
keywords: Consciousness, definitions, dualism, reductionism, reflexive model, perceptual projection, science. subjective, objective.
abstract: The following extracts with connecting comments suggest a departure point for a definitions of consciousness that preserves its everyday phenomenology while allowing an understanding of what consciousness is to deepen as scientific investigation proceeds. I argue that current definitions are often theory-driven rather than following the contours of ordinary experience. Consequently they are sometimes too broad, sometimes too narrow, and sometimes not definitions of phenomenal consciousness at all. As an alternative, an ecologically valid, reflexive approach to consciousness is suggested that is consistent with science and with common sense.
date: 1997
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Velmans, M.  (1997) DEFINING CONSCIOUSNESS.  [Conference Paper]    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://cogprints.org/395/1/Definingconsciousness.html