Consciousness: Explaining the Phenomena

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 49:61-85 (2001)
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My topic in this chapter is whether phenomenal consciousness can be given a reductive natural explanation. I shall first say something about phenomenal—as opposed to other forms of—consciousness, and highlight what needs explaining. I shall then turn to issues concerning explanation in general, and the explanation of phenomenal consciousness in particular.

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