?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Reflexive+Science+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Max&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.description=Classical+ways+of+viewing+the+relation+of+consciousness+to+the+brain+and+physical+world+make+it+difficult+to+see+how+consciousness+can+be+a+subject+of+scientific+study.+In+contrast+to+physical+events%2C+it+seems+to+be+private%2C+subjective%2C+and+viewable+only+from+a+subject's+first-person+perspective.+But+much+of+psychology+does+investigate+human+experience%2C+which+suggests+that+classical+ways+of+viewing+these+relations+must+be+wrong.+An+alternative%2C+Reflexive+model+is+outlined+along+with+it's+consequences+for+methodology.+Within+this+model+the+external+phenomenal+world+is+viewed+as+part-of+consciousness%2C+rather+than+apart-from+it.+Observed+events+are+only+%22public%22+in+the+sense+of+%22private+experience+shared.%22+Scientific+observations+are+only+%22objective%22+in+the+sense+of+%22intersubjective.%22+Observed+phenomena+are+only+%22repeatable%22+in+the+sense+that+they+are+sufficiently+similar+to+be+taken+for+%22tokens%22+of+the+same+event+%22type.%22+This+closes+the+gap+between+physical+and+psychological+phenomena.+Indeed%2C+events+out-there+in+the+world+can+often+be+regarded+as+either+physical+or+psychological+depending+on+the+network+of+relationships+under+consideration.+&rft.date=1993&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F243%2F1%2Fpractice.html&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Max++(1993)+A+Reflexive+Science+of+Consciousness.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F243%2F