Goodbye to Reductionism
- Resource Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Velmans, Max
- Source
- Velmans, Max (1998) Goodbye to Reductionism. [Book Chapter]
- Subject
- Psychology: Cognitive Psychology
Philosophy: Metaphysics
Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy: Philosophy of Science
Psychology: Physiological Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science
Physiological Psychology
- Language
To understand consciousness we must first describe what we experience accurately. But oddly, current dualist vs reductionist debates characterise experience in ways which do not correspond to ordinary experience. Indeed, there is no other area of enquiry where the phenomenon to be studied has been so systematically misdescribed. Given this, it is hardly surprising that progress towards understanding the nature of consciousness has been limited.