The fabric(ation) of consciousness
A neuro-ecological perspective
Abstract
Consciousness' is central to the quest for being human and for what the world is made of. While there is widespread agreement on the significance of consciousness for clarifying the human condition, there is no agreement on the phenomenon in search of theorising. Although there is no shortage of theories and concepts of consciousness in current consciousness research, the dominant critical analysis of consciousness research in this study, although based on existing analyses, is (as far as I can see) new and unique in arguing for a crisis in consciousness research. This book touches on most aspects of consciousness research (the hard problem of conscious-ness, neural correlates of consciousness, brain models and consciousness, consciousness and dualistic thinking, etc.) but is a critical analysis of consciousness research. It is not an insider but a third-person perspective on current consciousness research. In this regard, it is different from most introductions and overviews where these topics are presented from a first-person perspective (the insiders' claim about their research). Representing the broad spectrum of consciousness research in terms of the theoretical framework of a neuro-ecological perspective is a new and innovative move.
Keywords
Consciousness research; critical neuroscience of consciousness; crisis in consciousness research; neuro-ecological theory of consciousness; mainstream neuroscience of consciousness; nonlocal theories of consciousness; brain models; neurocentrism; corticocentrism; hard problem of consciousness; neural correlates of consciousness; mind-brain problem; consciousness and being humanDOI
10.4102/aosis.2024.BK500ISBN
9781779953131, 9781779953131Publisher
AOSISPublisher website
https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/obPublication date and place
Cape Town, 2024Imprint
AOSIS BooksSeries
HTS Religion & Society Series, Volume 17Classification
Philosophy of mind