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  1. Qualia and Introspection.Michael Beaton - 2009 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 16 (5):88-110.
    The claim that behaviourally undetectable inverted spectra are possible has been endorsed by many physicalists. I explain why this starting point rules out standard forms of scientific explanation for qualia. The modern ‘phenomenal concept strategy’ is an updated way of defending problematic intuitions like these, but I show that it cannot help to recover standard scientific explanation. I argue that Chalmers is right: we should accept the falsity of physicalism if we accept this problematic starting point. I further argue that (...)
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  2. What RoboDennett still doesn't know.Michael Beaton - 2005 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 12 (12):3-25.
    The explicit aim of Daniel Dennett’s new paper ‘What RoboMary Knows’ is to show that Mary will necessarily be able to come to know what it is like to see in colour, if she fully understands all the physical facts about colour vision. I believe we can establish that Dennett’s line of reasoning is flawed, but the flaw is not as simple as an equivocation on ‘knows’. Rather, it goes to the heart of functionalism and hinges on whether or not (...)
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  3. Learning to perceive in the sensorimotor approach: Piaget’s theory of equilibration interpreted dynamically.Ezequiel A. Di Paolo, Xabier E. Barandiaran, Michael Beaton & Thomas Buhrmann - 2014 - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8:551.
    Learning to perceive is faced with a classical paradox: if understanding is required for perception, how can we learn to perceive something new, something we do not yet understand? According to the sensorimotor approach, perception involves mastery of regular sensorimotor co-variations that depend on the agent and the environment, also known as the “laws” of sensorimotor contingencies (SMCs). In this sense, perception involves enacting relevant sensorimotor skills in each situation. It is important for this proposal that such skills can be (...)
     
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    Response to de Quincey.Michael Beaton - 2006 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 13 (4):13-36.
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  5. Book Reviews. [REVIEW]John McCrone, Michael Beaton & Athar Yawar - 2006 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 13 (4):113-127.
     
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