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Consciousness as a concrete physical phenomenon

Henry Railo; Jussi Jylkkä

dc.contributor.authorHenry Railo
dc.contributor.authorJussi Jylkkä
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T14:42:49Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T14:42:49Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/172928
dc.description.abstract<p>The typical empirical approach to studying consciousness holds that we can only observe the neural correlates of experiences, not the experiences themselves. In this paper we argue, in contrast, that experiences are concrete physical phenomena that can causally interact with other phenomena, including observers. Hence, experiences can be observed and scientifically modelled. We propose that the epistemic gap between an experience and a scientific model of its neural mechanisms stems from the fact that the model is merely a theoretical construct based on observations, and distinct from the concrete phenomenon it models, namely the experience itself. In this sense, there is a gap between any natural phenomenon and its scientific model. On this approach, a neuroscientific theory of the constitutive mechanisms of an experience is literally a model of the subjective experience itself. We argue that this metatheoretical framework provides a solid basis for the empirical study of consciousness.</p>
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc.
dc.titleConsciousness as a concrete physical phenomenon
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810019301436
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021042827665
dc.relation.volume74
dc.contributor.organizationfi=kliininen neurofysiologia|en=Clinical Neurophysiology|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=psykologia|en=Psychology|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=tyks, vsshp|en=tyks, vsshp|
dc.contributor.organization-code2603103
dc.contributor.organization-code2607321
dc.converis.publication-id41877432
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/41877432
dc.identifier.eissn1090-2376
dc.identifier.jour-issn1053-8100
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorJylkkä, Jussi
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorRailo, Henry
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorDataimport, tyks, vsshp
dc.okm.discipline515 Psykologiafi_FI
dc.okm.discipline515 Psychologyen_GB
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeJournal article
dc.publisher.countryUnited Statesen_GB
dc.publisher.countryYhdysvallat (USA)fi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeUS
dc.relation.doi10.1016/j.concog.2019.102779
dc.relation.ispartofjournalConsciousness and Cognition
dc.year.issued2019


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