?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Intrinsic+Contextuality+as+the+Crux+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=Aerts%2C+Diederik&rft.creator=Broekaert%2C+Jan&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Liane&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=A+stream+of+conscious+experience+is+extremely+contextual%3B+it+is+impacted+by+sensory+stimuli%2C+drives+and+emotions%2C+and+the+web+of+associations+that+link%2C+directly+or+indirectly%2C+the+subject+of+experience+to+other+elements+of+the+individual's+worldview.+The+contextuality+of+one's+conscious+experience+both+enhances+and+constrains+the+contextuality+of+one's+behavior.+Since+we+cannot+know+first-hand+the+conscious+experience+of+another%2C+it+is+by+way+of+behavioral+contextuality+that+we+make+judgements+about+whether+or+not%2C+and+to+what+extent%2C+a+system+is+conscious.+Thus+we+believe+that+a+deep+understanding+of+contextuality+is+vital+to+the+study+of+consciousness.+Methods+have+been+developed+for+handling+contextuality+in+the+microworld+of+quantum+particles.+Our+goal+has+been+to+investigate+the+extent+to+which+these+methods+can+be+used+to+analyze+contextuality+in+conscious+experience.&rft.publisher=John+Benjamins+Publishing+Company%2C+Philadelphia+PA&rft.contributor=Yasue%2C+Kunio&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F974%2F1%2Ftokyo99.htm&rft.identifier=++Aerts%2C+Diederik+and+Broekaert%2C+Jan+and+Gabora%2C+Liane++(2000)+Intrinsic+Contextuality+as+the+Crux+of+Consciousness.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F974%2F