Tag: eliminative materialism
Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places
If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t.
Daniel Dennett: The Final Prophet?
Dennett’s approach to human consciousness has not only borne no fruit but it is hard to see how it ever could.
Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project
The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time.
What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?
Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience.
Is Consciousness a Recent Development?
Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself.