?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=MAKING+SENSE+OF+CAUSAL+INTERACTIONS+BETWEEN+CONSCIOUSNESS+AND+BRAIN&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Professor+Max&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=My+target+article+(henceforth+referred+to+as+TA)+presents+evidence+for+causal+interactions+between+consciousness+and+brain+and+some+standard+ways+of+accounting+for+this+evidence+in+clinical+practice+and+neuropsychological+theory.++I+also+point+out+some+of+the+problems+of+understanding+such+causal+interactions+that+are+not+addressed+by+standard+explanations.++Most+of+the+residual+problems+have+to+do+with+how+to+cross+the+%E2%80%9Cexplanatory+gap%E2%80%9D+from+consciousness+to+brain.+I+then+list+some+of+the+reasons+why+the+route+across+this+gap+suggested+by+physicalism+won't+work%2C+in+spite+of+its+current+popularity+in+consciousness+studies.+My+own+suggested+route+across+the+explanatory+gap+is+more+subterranean%2C+where+consciousness+and+brain+can+be+seen+to+be+dual+aspects+of+a+unifying%2C+psychophysical+mind.++Some+of+the+steps+on+this+deeper+route+still+have+to+be+filled+in+by+empirical+research.+But+(as+far+as+I+can+judge)+there+are+no+gaps+that+cannot+be+filled%E2%80%94just+a+different+way+of+understanding+consciousness%2C+mind%2C+brain+and+their+causal+interaction%2C+with+some+interesting+consequences+for+our+understanding+of+free+will.++The+commentaries+on+TA+examined+many+aspects+of+my+thesis+viewed+from+both+Western+and+Eastern+perspectives.+This+reply+focuses+on+how+dual-aspect+monism+compares+with+currently+popular+alternatives+such+as+%E2%80%9Cnonreductive+physicalism%E2%80%9D%2C+clarifies+my+own+approach%2C+and+reconsiders+how+well+this+addresses+the+%E2%80%9Chard%E2%80%9D+problems+of+consciousness.+We+re-examine+how+conscious+experiences+relate+to+their+physical%2Ffunctional+correlates+and+whether+useful+analogies+can+be+drawn+with+other%2C+physical+relationships+that+appear+to+have+dual-aspects.++We+also+examine+some+fundamental+differences+between+Western+and+Eastern+thought+about+whether+the+existence+of+the+physical+world+or+the+existence+of+consciousness+can+be+taken+for+granted+(with+consequential+differences+about+which+of+these+is+%E2%80%9Chard%E2%80%9D+to+understand).+I+then+suggest+a+form+of+dual-aspect+Reflexive+Monism+that+might+provide+a+path+between+these+ancient+intellectual+traditions+that+is+consistent+with+science+and+with+common+sense.+&rft.date=2002-11&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2751%2F1%2FJCSVelmansreply1.htm&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Professor+Max++(2002)+MAKING+SENSE+OF+CAUSAL+INTERACTIONS+BETWEEN+CONSCIOUSNESS+AND+BRAIN.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2751%2F