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2018
paper:doi-10-1098-rstb-2017-0342Facing up to the hard question of consciousness
ByDennett DC
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The so-called hard problem of consciousness is a chimera, a distraction from the hard question of consciousness, which is once some content reaches consciousness, ‘then what happens?’. This question is seldom properly asked, for reasons good and bad, but when asked it opens up avenues of research that promise to dissolve the hard problem and secure a scientifically sound theory of how the human brain produces the (sometimes illusory) convictions that mislead us. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Perceptual consciousness and cognitive access'.
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