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A vehicle with no wheels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Drew McDermott
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8285 drew.mcdermott@yale.edu

Abstract

O'Brien & Opie's theory fails to address the issue of consciousness and introspection. They take for granted that once something is experienced, it can be commented on. But introspection requires neural structures that, according to their theory, have nothing to do with experience as such. That makes the tight coupling between the two in humans a mystery.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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