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Quantities of qualia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Michael S. C. Thomas  and
Anthony P. Atkinson
Michael S. C. Thomas
Affiliation:
Psychology Group, King Alfred's College, Winchester SO22 4NR, United Kingdommichael.thomas@psy.ox.ac.ukatkinsona@wkac.ac.uk www.wkac.ac.uk
Anthony P. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Psychology Group, King Alfred's College, Winchester SO22 4NR, United Kingdommichael.thomas@psy.ox.ac.ukatkinsona@wkac.ac.uk www.wkac.ac.uk
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Abstract

We address two points in this commentary. First, we question the extent to which O'Brien & Opie have established that the classical approach is unable to support a viable vehicle theory of consciousness. Second, assuming that connectionism does have the resources to support a vehicle theory, we explore how the activity of the units of a PDP network might sum together to form phenomenal experience (PE).

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 169 - 170
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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