Consciousness: The Organismic Approach

Clapson, Philip

doi:10.1080/15294145.2001.10773356

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“…The brain-sign alternative (e.g. Clapson 2001;2017), proposes how the brain effects inter-neural communication which enables the collective action of organisms in uncertain or imprecise situations. Brain-sign is a wholly physical condition.…”

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Communication Without Consciousness: The Theory of Brain-Sign

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2016

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Despite developments in neuroscience, consciousness is unidentified in the brain. Moreover there is no scientific definition of what it is or does. This paper proposes that consciousness is not a scientific category. However, by 'postulating' consciousness as self-explanation, the brain can communicate with other brains in collective action. But the brain can generate a more plausible self-description as brainsign. There are two foundational tenets. (1) Brain-sign arises from the brain's interpretation of its causal orientation towards the world at each moment, and is 'apparent' as the world; and (2) It facilitates communication between brains about the world in collective action which is uncertain or imprecise. It is therefore grounded in the brain's bio-physical operation. Signs are ubiquitous bio-physical states, but they are not causal for the hosting organism. The paper contrasts brain-sign with consciousness both as theory, and in empirical findings. Brain-sign is the source of all theories, including itself.

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