The Puzzle of Conscious Experience
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Any theory such as IIT which rejects computational functionalism is vulnerable to fading/dancing qualia arguments.
“Any theory such as IIT which rejects computational functionalism is vulnerable to one of the strongest arguments in philosophy of mind: fading/dancing qualia.”
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- Authors
- Chalmers, D. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chalmers, David J.
- ORCID
- Chalmers, David J.
- Venue
- Scientific American
- Published
- 1995-12
- Volume
- 273
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 80-86
- ISSN
- 0036-8733 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1981812544
- Cited by
- 305
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 10.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific American (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Keywords
- consciousness, subjective experience, self-awareness, neural correlates of consciousness, mind-brain relationship, neuroscience of consciousness
- MeSH terms
- Behavior, Brain, Computer Simulation, Consciousness, Humans, Models, Biological, Neurons, Perception
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