Open Peer Commentary O'Brien & Opie: Connectionism and phenomenal experience
A vehicle with no wheels
Drew McDermott a1 a1 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.
