The Problem of Consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition 2 (4):310-319 (1993)
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This paper attempts to begin to answer four questions. 1. What is consciousness? 2. What is the relation of consciousness to the brain? 3. What are some of the features that an empirical theory of consciousness should try to explain? 4. What are some common mistakes to avoid?

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10.1006/ccog.1993.1026

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original Searle, John (1993) "The problem of consciousness". Social Research: An International Quarterly 60(1):3-16
reprint Searle, John R. (1994) "The Problem of Consciousness1". In Michael, Murray, O'Leary-Hawthorne, John, Philosophy in Mind: The Place of Philosophy in the Study of Mind, pp. 179--190: Kluwer Academic Publishers (1994)

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