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324The complexity of neural responses to visual stimuli: On Carruthers’ challenge to Block’s overflow argumentPhilosophical Psychology 34 (2): 233-253. 2021.Ned Block’s Overflow Argument purports to establish that the neural basis of phenomenal consciousness is independent of the neural basis of access consciousness. In a recent paper, Block’s argument has been challenged by Peter Carruthers. Carruthers concedes the truth of one of the argument’s key steps, namely, that phenomenal consciousness overflows what is in working memory. At the same time, he rejects the conclusion of the argument by developing an account of this overflow that is alternativ…Read more
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University of SheffieldResearcher
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Consciousness |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Philosophy of Psychology |