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brain processes
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Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 3 facts
referenceJ.J.C. Smart authored the paper 'Sensations and brain processes,' which was published in the Philosophical Review, Volume 68, pages 141-156, in 1959.
claimDavid Chalmers asserts that regardless of the specific metaphysics proposed by Bilodeau, there remains a requirement for an explanatory theory that connects experiences to brain processes.
referenceU.T. Place authored the paper 'Is consciousness a brain process?', which was published in the British Journal of Psychology, Volume 47, pages 44-50, in 1956, and later reprinted in 'Mind and Cognition' (edited by W. Lycan, Blackwell, 1990).
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love May 7, 2025 3 facts
claimNeuroscience has successfully correlated specific brain processes, such as particular neural oscillations or network dynamics, with aspects of conscious awareness.
claimPhysics can correlate brain processes like neural firings with conscious experiences, but it cannot derive the subjective quality of those experiences from its purely quantitative laws.
claimDavid Chalmers articulated the 'hard problem of consciousness' as the puzzle of why and how brain processes are accompanied by subjective feeling, which motivates modern panpsychist arguments.
[PDF] The evolution and development of consciousness bhcsmt.com Apr 30, 2022 1 fact
claimAn evolutionary/developmental research strategy aims to identify the nature of the transitions in brain processes.
(PDF) Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness - Academia.edu academia.edu 1 fact
referenceMax Tegmark argued for the importance of quantum decoherence in brain processes in his 2000 paper published in Physical Review E.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceK. B. Baerentsen, H. Stodkilde-Jorgensen, B. Sommerlund, T. Hartmann, J. Damsgaard-Madsen, and M. Fosnaes published the article 'An investigation of brain processes supporting meditation' in the journal Cognitive Processing in 2010.
Psychology and Cognitive Science on Consciousness klinikong.com 1 fact
perspectiveCognitive science grapples with the tension between the reductionist view that consciousness can be fully explained by brain processes and a holistic approach that considers broader psychological and experiential factors.
Conflicting States of Consciousness: Exploring Psilocin and Sleep psychedelicreview.com May 25, 2022 1 fact
claimSleep is considered necessary for homeostatic regulation, maintaining brain processes constrained during waking, supporting healthy cognitive functioning, and facilitating neuroplastic functions like changes in cellular structure and connectivity for learning and memory.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 1 fact
claimThe knowledge argument and zombie arguments aim to reach an anti-physicalist conclusion about consciousness by highlighting the apparent limits of understanding qualitative conscious experience through third-person physical accounts of brain processes.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimBeck and Eccles (1992), as refined by Beck (2001), proposed a mechanism for how quantum mechanics plays a role in brain processes.
Self, selfhood and understanding - infed.org infed.org 1 fact
referenceIn 'The Feeling of What Happens,' Antonio Damasio posits that brain processes generate conscious experiences, which he characterizes as a 'movie in the brain,' and that selfhood arises from the appearance of an owner and observer for that movie.