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Consciousness: Explaining the Phenomena

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

Peter Carruthers
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My topic in this chapter is whether phenomenal consciousness can be given a reductive natural explanation. I shall first say something about phenomenal—as opposed to other forms of—consciousness, and highlight what needs explaining. I shall then turn to issues concerning explanation in general, and the explanation of phenomenal consciousness in particular.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 49 , March 2001 , pp. 61 - 85
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2001

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