Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those…

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What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a eural correlate of...

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a eural correlate of...

I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar...

I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar...

It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the...

It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the...

There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem.

There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem.

Anyway, there is a lot of really interesting work going on in the neuroscience and...

Anyway, there is a lot of really interesting work going on in the neuroscience and...

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated...

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated...

Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped...

Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped...

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of...

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of...

People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best.

People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best.

Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the...

Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the...

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up...

Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up...

Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial...

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial...