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Hierarchical Approaches to Understanding Consciousness

Date

Authors

Coward, L Andrew

Sun, Ron

Publisher

Pergamon Press

Abstract

There has been much discussion on what a scientific theory of consciousness would look like, and even whether such a theory is possible. Some common misunderstandings of the nature of theories (e.g., in the physical sciences) have confused the discussion

Keywords

Keywords: Cognitive systems; Large scale systems; Living systems studies; Medical problems; Cognitive architectures; Consciousness theories; Scientific theories; Neural networks; accuracy; article; cognition; comprehension; consciousness; expectation; human; natura Cognitive architectures; Complex systems; Consciousness theories; Modules; Scientific theories

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36728

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Neural Networks

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.neunet.2007.09.009

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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