Abstract
In cognitive neuroscience, the reissue of the notion of emergence and downward causation has been used as an interlevel model of mind-brain interactions from different perspectives. Within this perspective, intentionality has been interpreted as global to local determination (downward causation) on the neurophysiological level. Consciousness would act as the large-scale, global activity of the system that governs or constrains local interactions of neurons. This argument seems to solve several difficulties with regard to descriptions of consciousness on a neurophysiological and mental level. Nevertheless, the inconsistencies of this argument are shown, and a contextual and pragmatic explanation of the downward causation of consciousness is given.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 127-143 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Consciousness
- Downward causation
- Emergence
- Explanatory pluralism
- Large-scale brain dynamics
- Reductionism
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