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Are we studying consciousness yet?
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© Oxford University Press 2008. All rights reserved. This chapter is concerned with the behavioural paradigms used in the search for the neural correlate of consciousness (NCC). Many researchers have questioned whether looking for the neural correlates would eventually lead to an explanatory theory of consciousness, while the proponents of NCC research maintain that focusing on correlates is a strategically sensible first step, given the complexity of the problem. The aim of this chapter is to question whether researchers are really studying the NCC at all. It argues that in hoping to sidestep the difficult conceptual issues, the phenomenon of perceptual consciousness itself is also missed.
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“It has been argued that type 1 d′ itself should not be taken as a measure of awareness because unconscious processing may also drive type 1 d′ (Lau, 2008), as demonstrated in clinical cases such as blindsight (Weiskrantz et al., 1974).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lau, H. C.
- Corresponding author
- Lau, Hakwan C.
- ORCID
- Lau, Hakwan C.
- Venue
- Frontiers of ConsciousnessChichele Lectures
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2008-10-16
- Pages
- 245-258
- OpenAlex
- W2503770073
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 11.02
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Free Will and Agency
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Keywords
- neural correlates of consciousness, perceptual consciousness, behavioural paradigm, philosophy of mind
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