?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Commentary+on+%22What+is+consciousness%3F%22+by+Mark+Solms.&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Max.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=The+puzzle+of+how+an+%22objectively+real%22+brain+might+produce+%22subjectively+real%22+experiences+dissolves+if+experiences+can+be+shown+to+be+nothing+more+than+(ontologically+identical+to)+states+of+the+brain.+However%2C+this+form+of+reductionism+cannot+be+made+to+work.+Science+may+discover+the+neural+causes+and+correlates+of+consciousness%2C+but+causation+and+correlation+are+very+different+to+ontological+identity.+Solms+suggests+a+solution+to+this+puzzle+which+breaks+down+the+classical+%22objective%2Fsubjective%22+distinction%2C+and+his+proposals%2C+informed+by+psychodynamic+theory%2C+are+very+close+to+ones+I+have+developed+in+the+effort+to+construct+a+phenomenologically-sensitive+cognitive+science.+This+involves+a+nonreductionist+analysis+of+first-+and+third-person+access+to+mental+life%2C+and+a+dual-aspect+theory+in+which+%22subjective%22+conscious+experiences+and+%22objective%22+brain+states+are+treated+as+two+ways+of+viewing+one%2C+unfolding%2C+mental+life+or+thing-itself.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F815%2F1%2FSOLMS.htm&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Max.++(1997)+Commentary+on+%22What+is+consciousness%3F%22+by+Mark+Solms.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F815%2F