?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Brain-Sign+or+The+End+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=Clapson%2C+Philip&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.description=There+is+no+question+that+something+goes+on+in+the+head%2C+which+has+been+called+consciousness.+But+is+it+consciousness%3F+Over+the+last+fifty+years%2C+there+has+been+a+concerted+attempt+to+show+how+consciousness+can+be+physical%2C+of+the+brain.+The+diversity+of+views+is+characteristic+of+a+Kuhnian+pre-+normal+science+revolution%3A+but+the+revolution+has+not+arrived.+This+is+because+the+assumption+that+consciousness+exists+is+wrong.+In+this+paper+consciousness+(with+e.g.+its+subjective%2Fobjective+distinction)+is+characterized+as+a+pre-scientific+theory.+The+biological+ontology+of+the+phenomenon+is+revealed%2C+and+its+placement+in+organismic+biology+explained.+The+phenomenon+will+be+termed+brain-sign%2C+as+appropriate+to+its+biological+function.+The+nature+of+this+function+completely+reconstructs+our+view+of+ourselves%2C+and+other+creatures+in+which+it+is+manifest.+The+detail+and+ramifications+cannot+be+addressed+at+length+in+a+paper%2C+but+a+research+program+is+outlined+briefly.+&rft.date=2004-05&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5283%2F1%2Fpcspaper.htm&rft.identifier=++Clapson%2C+Philip++(2004)+Brain-Sign+or+The+End+of+Consciousness.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5283%2F