| Journal: | Ludus vitalis |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000405021 |
| ISSN: | 1133-5165 |
| Authors: | Searle, John1 |
| Institutions: | 1University of California, Department of Philosophy, Berkeley, California. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Volumen: | 21 |
| Number: | 40 |
| Pages: | 11-27 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, crítico |
| English abstract | We do not have an adequate theory of cons ciousness. Both dualism and materialism are mistaken because they deny consciou sness is part of the physical world. False claims include (i) behaviorism, (ii) computat ionalism, (iii) epiphenomenalism, (iv ) the readiness potential, (v) subjectivity, and (vi) materialism. Ontological subjectivity does not preclude epistemic objectivity. Observer r elative phenomena are created by consciousness, but consciousness is not itself obse rver relative. Consciousness consists of feeling, sentience, or awareness with (i) qualit ativeness, (ii) ontological subjectivity, (iii) unified conscious field, (iv) intentionality, and (v) intentional causation. All conscious states are caused by lower level neurobiological pr ocesses in the brain, and they are realized in the brain as higher level features. Eff orts to get a detailed scientific account of how brain processes cause consciousness are disappo inting. The Darwinian revolution gave us a new form of explanation; two levels were substituted: a causal level, where we specify the mechanism by which the phenotype functi ons, and a functional level, where we specify the selectional advantage that the pheno type provides. Sociobiology at - tempted to explain general features of human societ y, ethics, etc. It failed. For the incest taboo, it confuses inhibition with prohibition. It did not explain the moral force of the taboo. To explain the function of consciousness we cannot ask, “What would be sub - tracted if we subtracted consciousness but left eve rything else the same?” We cannot leave everything else the same because consciousnes s is necessary for higher functions of human and animal life. The unified conscious fie ld gives the organism vastly increased power |
| Disciplines: | Filosofía |
| Keyword: | Gnoseología, Metafísica, Filosofía de la mente, Teoría de la evolución, Objetividad, Subjetividad, Conciencia, Darwin, Charles |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
