CZY NEURONALNE KORELATY ŚWIADOMOŚCI SĄ POTRZEBNE FILOZOFII?
Abstract
ARE NEURAL CORRLEATES OF CONSCIOUSSNESS NECESSARY FOR
PHILOSOPHY?
This article discusses philosophical issues concerning theory of neural
correlates of consciousness (NCC) and the possible philosophical
interpretation of the positions taken by scholars dealing with these issues,
whether these views expressly refer to the philosophy of mind, or not. In
the first part I will present existing theories regarding the NCC, and try to
find their common ground. The concept of NCC was defined by D. Chalmers,
by F. Crick and Ch. Koch, and by A. Damasio and it is argued that those
definitions are perfectly complementary. The summary of this section
presents the methodological problems associated with the theory of NCC
pointed out by J. Bremer. In the second part, the intersection of the
positions is contrasted with the classical discussion concerning the
philosophy of mind and interpreted from a philosophical point of view. In
particular, the issue of possible points of contact between the classical
phenomenological method and NCC is pursued.