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The hard problem of cooperation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Based on individual variation in cooperative inclinations, we define the "hard problem of cooperation" as that of achieving high levels of cooperation in a group of non-cooperative types. Can the hard problem be solved by institutions with monitoring and
Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness and the Free Energy Principle [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 This article applies the free energy principle to the hard problem of consciousness. After clarifying some philosophical issues concerning functionalism, it identifies the elemental form of consciousness as affect and locates its physiological mechanism (
Mark Solms
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Naturalism and the hard problem of mysticism in psychedelic science [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyPsychedelic substances are known to facilitate mystical-type experiences which can include metaphysical beliefs about the fundamental nature of reality. Such insights have been criticized as being incompatible with naturalism and therefore false.
Jussi Jylkkä
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Structural qualia: a solution to the hard problem of consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 The hard problem of consciousness has been often claimed to be unsolvable by the methods of traditional empirical sciences. It has been argued that all the objects of empirical sciences can be fully analyzed in structural terms but that consciousness is (
Kristjan eLoorits
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Stable Consciousness? The “Hard Problem” Historically Reconstructed and in Perspective of Neurophenomenological Research on Meditation [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Finding a scientific, third-person explanation of subjective experience or phenomenal content is commonly called the “hard problem” of consciousness. There has recently been a surge in neuropsychological research on meditation in general and long-term ...
Stephan Schleim
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How to Mitigate the Hard Problem by Adopting the Dual Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 In this paper, we propose the following hypothesis: the hard problem of consciousness is in part an artifact of what we call the unitary approach to phenomenal consciousness.
Michal Polák, Tomáš Marvan
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The hard problem of consciousness—A perspective from holistic philosophy [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 Based on a material view and reductionism, science has achieved great success. These cognitive paradigms treat the external as an objective existence and ignore internal consciousness. However, this cognitive paradigm, which we take for granted, has also
Jicheng Chen, Linlin Chen
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Mind-Object Identity: A Solution to the Hard Problem [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Here I present a mind-object identity theory based on a straightforward hypothesis: One's experience of an object is identical with the object itself. To defend this hypothesis, I will reconsider the notion of a physical object in terms of relative and ...
Riccardo Manzotti
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A Naturalistic Approach to the Hard Problem of Consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2019 Following a brief review of current efforts to identify the neuronal correlates of conscious processing (NCCP) an attempt is made to bridge the gap between the material neuronal processes and the immaterial dimensions of subjective experience.
Wolf Singer, Wolf Singer, Wolf Singer
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Applied SciencesAbout a hundred years ago, the Russian biologist A. Gurwitsch, based on experiments with onion plants by measuring their growth rate, hypothesized that plants emit a weak electromagnetic field that somehow influences cell growth.
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