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The self-organizing conundrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Arnaud Destrebecqz
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, B-1050, [email protected]@ulb.ac.be http://srsc.ulb.ac.be/axcWWW/axc.html
Axel Cleeremans
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, B-1050, [email protected]@ulb.ac.be http://srsc.ulb.ac.be/axcWWW/axc.html

Abstract

Perruchet and Vinter stop short of fully embracing the implications of their own SOC framework, and hence end up defending an implausible perspective on consciousness. We suggest instead that consciousness should be viewed as a graded dimension defined over quality of representation. This graded perspective eliminates the most problematic aspects of the cognitive unconscious without denying its existence altogether.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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