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Dreaming and the place of consciousness in nature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Antti Revonsuo
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finlandrevonsuo@utu.fi

Abstract

The research program defended by O'Regan & Noë (O&N) cannot give any plausible explanation for the fact that during REM-sleep the brain regularly generates subjective experiences (dreams) where visual phenomenology is especially prominent. This internal experience is almost invariably organized in the form of “being-in-the-world.” Dreaming presents a serious unaccountable anomaly for the sensorimotor research program and reveals that some of its fundamental assumptions about the nature of consciousness are questionable.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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