A construct-first approach to consciousness science.
Auxiliary hypotheses
Conscious experience
Theoretical constructs
Theories of consciousness
Journal
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
ISSN: 1873-7528
Titre abrégé: Neurosci Biobehav Rev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7806090
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 Nov 2023
24 Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
07
09
2023
revised:
26
10
2023
accepted:
20
11
2023
pubmed:
27
11
2023
medline:
27
11
2023
entrez:
26
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
We propose a new approach to consciousness science that instead of comparing complex theoretical positions deconstructs existing theories, takes their central assumptions while disregarding their auxiliary hypotheses, and focuses its investigations on the main constructs that these central assumptions rely on (like global workspace, recurrent processing, metarepresentation). Studying how these main constructs are anchored in lower-level constructs characterizing underlying neural processing will not just offer an alternative to theory comparisons but will also take us one step closer to empirical resolutions. Moreover, exploring the compatibility and possible combinations of the lower-level constructs will allow for new theoretical syntheses. This construct-first approach will improve our ability to understand the commitments of existing theories and pave the way for moving beyond them.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38008237
pii: S0149-7634(23)00449-9
doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105480
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105480Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.