How do we interpret consciousness?
M.P.Lietz Student
University of Groningen
Student number: s3013391
Mentor group number: 1514
Mentors: Dinha and Lieze
Date: 18-10-2015
Introduction
‘I think, therefore I am’ (Descartes, 1637). Most people can agree on that because it is the only certainty about consciousness so far. The book ‘Psychological Science’ defines consciousness as the individuals’ subjective experience of the world, resulting from brain activity (Gazzaniga, Heatherton, & Halpern, 2015, pp. 132 – 133). Even though this sound plausible there is still a broad disagreement due to its lack of empirical evidence. So how do we interpret the consciousness?
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Summery One
According to neuroscientist Michael Graziano, Consciousness is the result of the brains attempt to make a model of its environment with sensory input
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Descartes, R. (1637). Discourse on the Method. France.
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Citations. Quotes & Annotations
Andavolu, K. (2013, September 12). Motherboard. Retrieved 24 October 2015, from http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/consciousness-is-just-your-brain-making-a-model-of-itself
"Consciousness [is] the magic sauce of being [...]" (Andavolu, 2013)
Descartes, R. (1637). Discourse on the Method. France.
"I think, therefore I am" (Descartes, 1637)
Graziano, M. S. A. (2013). Consciousness and the Social Brain. New York, USA: Oxford University Press.
"hard problem" (Graziano, 2013, p.