The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra & Pier Luigi Luisi

Author:Fritjof Capra & Pier Luigi Luisi [Capra, Fritjof]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-04-29T20:00:00+00:00

Even the ability of neurophysiological inquiry to identify correlates of phenomenal consciousness can be challenged on that basis. After all, identifying such correlates relies heavily on the subject's ability to discriminate, to memorize, and to report, which is used as the ultimate experimental criterion of consciousness. Can we exclude the possibility that the large-scale synchronization of complex neural activity of the brain cortex often deemed indispensable for consciousness is in fact required only for interconnecting a number of cognitive functions, including those needed for memorizing, self-reflecting and reporting? Conversely, extrapolating Semir Zeki's suggestion, can we exclude that any (large or small) area of the brain or even of the body is associated with some sort of fleeting pure experience, although no report can be obtained from it?

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