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Consciousness as action: The eliminativist sirens are calling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Martin Kurthen
Affiliation:
Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, D-53105 Bonn, Germany martin.kurthen@ukb.uni-bonn.de http://www.epileptologie-bonn.de
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Abstract

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The sensorimotor theory of vision successfully blends in with the currently developing action-oriented account of cognition. As a theory of phenomenal consciousness, however, it suffers from the same shortcomings as the theories O'Regan & Noë (O&N) criticize. This is mainly due to the failure to avoid the explanatory gap by rejecting one notion of qualia while retaining the concept of experience with qualitative features in general.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press