Naturalizing consciousness: A theoretical framework
Abstract
Consciousness has a number of apparently disparate properties, some of which seem to be highly complex and even inaccessible to outside observation. To place these properties within a biological framework requires a theory based on a set of evolutionary and developmental principles. This paper describes such a theory, which aims to provide a unifying account of conscious phenomena.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.0931349100
- Bibcode:
- 2003PNAS..100.5520E
- Keywords:
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- Neuroscience