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The conscious and the unconscious: A package deal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Martin Kurthen
Martin Kurthen
Affiliation:
Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, D-53105 Bonn, [email protected] http://www.epileptologie-bonn.de
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Abstract

Parsimony and simplicity in cognition theory are not achieved by excluding either the “cognitive unconscious” or consciousness from theoretical modeling, but rather, by eliminating redundant constructs independent of their location on the conscious-unconscious axis. Hence, Perruchet & Vinter's (P&V's) case against the “cognitive unconscious” does not work as an argument for consciousness, but rather as a rejection of the redundant background computational processes postulated in traditional cognition theory.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2002 , pp. 343 - 344
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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