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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • The debate on blindsight challenges the necessity of visual consciousness for visual processing.
  • Previous arguments suggest blindsight subjects lack visual consciousness of detected stimuli.
  • A critique by Overgaard and Grünbaum questions the criteria used to define visual consciousness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elaborate on the argument that blindsight subjects are not visually conscious of stimuli.
  • To address the empirical nature of visual consciousness in blindsight.
  • To propose a method for testing visual consciousness in the blind field of blindsight subjects.

Main Methods:

  • Revisiting and refining the necessary criterion for visual consciousness.
  • Acknowledging the empirical basis for determining visual consciousness in blindsight.
  • Outlining an experimental approach to assess visual consciousness.

Main Results:

  • The argument for blindsight subjects lacking visual consciousness is further developed.
  • The empirical question of blindsight visual consciousness is central.
  • A novel testing methodology is proposed.

Conclusions:

  • The criteria for visual consciousness in blindsight require careful empirical validation.
  • Further research is needed to definitively establish visual consciousness in blindsight.
  • The proposed method offers a pathway to resolve this empirical question.