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Consciousness as action: The eliminativist sirens are calling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Martin Kurthen
Affiliation:
Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, D-53105 Bonn, Germanymartin.kurthen@ukb.uni-bonn.de http://www.epileptologie-bonn.de

Abstract

The sensorimotor theory of vision successfully blends in with the currently developing action-oriented account of cognition. As a theory of phenomenal consciousness, however, it suffers from the same shortcomings as the theories O'Regan & Noë (O&N) criticize. This is mainly due to the failure to avoid the explanatory gap by rejecting one notion of qualia while retaining the concept of experience with qualitative features in general.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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