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Biology versus computation in the study of consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Ned Block
Ned Block
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, New York University, New York, NY 10003-6688 nb21@is5.nyu.edu www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/
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Abstract

The distinction between phenomenal (P) and access (A) consciousness arises from the battle between biological and computational approaches to the mind. If P = A, the computationalists are right; but if not, the biological nature of P yields its scientific nature.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 159 - 165
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© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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