TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurodynamics of mind
T2 - The arrow illusion of conscious intentionality as downward causation
AU - Barutta, Joaquín
AU - Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel
AU - Cornejo, Carlos
AU - Ibáñez, Agustín
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Consciousness
KW - Downward causation
KW - Emergence
KW - Explanatory pluralism
KW - Large-scale brain dynamics
KW - Reductionism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951877829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12124-010-9117-8
DO - 10.1007/s12124-010-9117-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951877829
SN - 1932-4502
VL - 44
SP - 127
EP - 143
JO - Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
JF - Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
IS - 2
ER -