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Comments on “A Neurofunctional Theory of Visual Consciousness”

✍ Scribed by Eric Lormand

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
32 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1053-8100

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✦ Synopsis

Jesse Prinz (this issue) offers an interesting theory of visual experience. Though admittedly incomplete, the theory is already a valuable contribution and may well lead to a reasonably complete, and correct, account. This commentary assesses only the more narrow aims of Prinz's paper: his attempt to support the theory with an impressive amount of empirical evidence and his attempt to use the theory against other philosophical positions on experience. While some aspects of his theory are supported by the evidence, other aspects are quite optional additions. Unfortunately, the only tensions with the other philosophical positions arise from these optional additions, not from the empirical evidence.

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