?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=DEFINING+CONSCIOUSNESS&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+M.&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+following+extracts+with+connecting+comments+suggest+a+departure+point+for+a+definitions+of+consciousness+that+preserves+its+everyday+phenomenology+while+allowing+an+understanding+of+what+consciousness+is+to+deepen+as+scientific+investigation+proceeds.+I+argue+that+current+definitions+are+often+theory-driven+rather+than+following+the+contours+of+ordinary+experience.+Consequently+they+are+sometimes+too+broad%2C+sometimes+too+narrow%2C+and+sometimes+not+definitions+of+phenomenal+consciousness+at+all.+As+an+alternative%2C+an+ecologically+valid%2C+reflexive+approach+to+consciousness+is+suggested+that+is+consistent+with+science+and+with+common+sense.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F395%2F1%2FDefiningconsciousness.html&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+M.++(1997)+DEFINING+CONSCIOUSNESS.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F395%2F