?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Le+secret+de+la+chambre+chinoise&rft.creator=Jorion%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=It+is+shown%2C+both+deductively+and+with+the+help+of+the+empirical+evidence+provided+by+Libet%2C+that+consciousness+is+deprived+of+any+decisional+power.+Consciousness'+role+is+confined+to+transmitting+instructions+to+the+body+as+a+function+of+the+affect+both+generated+and+evoked+by+perception.+The+existence+of+language+allows+human+subjects+to+produce+a+self-justification+discourse+about+their+own+thoughts+and+deeds.+Such+discourse+does+not+reflect+accurately+however+the+psychological+mechanisms+effectively+at+work.+The+impact+of+consciousness+consists+only+in+influencing+both+the+affect+of+the+speaker+him%2Fherself+(whether+under+the+form+of+proper+speech+or+under+that+of+%22inner+speech%22)%2C+and+the+affect+of+any+hearer.+The+%22body%22+and+%22soul%22+pair+is+thus+vindicated+but+the+responsibilities+traditionally+assigned+to+each+need+to+be+reformulated%2C+contrasting+on+the+one+hand+a+body+making+decisions+and+acting+accordingly%2C+and+a+soul+confined+to+retro-acting+and+at+the+level+of+the+affect+only.&rft.date=1997-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F338%2F1%2FLe_secret.htm&rft.identifier=++Jorion%2C+Paul++(1997)+Le+secret+de+la+chambre+chinoise.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F338%2F