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Paradox and cross purposes in recent work on consciousness
1Philosophy Department, Main Building, Room 503E, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA. nb21@is5.nyu.edu
Cognition
|February 13, 2001
Abstract:
Functionalists about consciousness identify consciousness with a role; physicalists identify consciousness with an implementer of that role. The global workspace theory of consciousness fits the functionalist perspective, but the physicalist sees consciousness as a biological phenomenon that implements global accessibility.