creators_name: Velmans, Max
type: journalp
datestamp: 1998-03-13
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:36
metadata_visibility: show
title: The Limits of Neuropsychological Models of Consciousness
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: neuro-physio
subjects: phil-mind
full_text_status: public
keywords: consciousness, functionalism, evolution, first person, third person, reductionism, neurophysiological models
abstract: This commentary elaborates on Gray's conclusion that his neurophysiological model of consciousness might explain how consciousness arises from the brain, but does not address how consciousness evolved, affects behaviour or confers survival value. The commentary argues that such limitations apply to all neurophysiological or other third-person perspective models. To approach such questions the first-person nature of consciousness needs to be taken seriously in combination with third-person models of the brain.
date: 1995
date_type: published
publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
volume: 18
number: 4
publisher: Cambridge University Press
pagerange: 702-703
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Velmans, Max  (1995) The Limits of Neuropsychological Models of Consciousness.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2/1/velman10.html