“In truth, there is no such thing as an “intuitive boundary” of a sensory state. That most philosophers take such states as brain-bound is not an intuition, but a prejudice.” SelfPhilosophyPainBrainNeuroscienceNervous SystemSensoryPhenomenology Book:The Peripheral Mind: Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System Source: The Peripheral Mind: Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System
“Self-consciousness is, from a naturalistic point of view (in this case neurobiological), not more than a degree of sophistication of neural processes. The emergence of self-conscious states is not a drastic, extravagant, earth-shaking phenomenon.” AbortionNeuroscienceSelf ConsciousnessNeuroethicsNeural Development Book:The Peripheral Mind: Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System Source: The Peripheral Mind: Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System