Changing Consciousness Epistemically (Chance): an Empirical Method to Convert the Subjective Content of Consciousness Into Scientific Data
Changing Consciousness Epistemically (Chance): an Empirical Method to Convert the Subjective Content of Consciousness Into Scientific Data
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2018-04
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Daisuke H. Tanaka;T. Tanabe
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作者：
Daisuke H. Tanaka;T. Tanabe
意识内容(CC)是人类生活的重要组成部分，是意识这个难题的核心。通过评估一个人的行为报告、体征或神经信号，间接检查了一个人(例如，研究参与者)的CC。然而，这些措施并不能反映个人CC的全部范围。在本文中，我们定义了一种方法，称为“改变意识认识论”(Chance)，有意识地体验与另一个人所经历的CC相同的CC，从而直接了解另一个人的CC的全部光谱。此外，关于一个人的CC的本体论主观知识可以被认为是认识论上的客观和科学的数据。Chance方法包括两个经验步骤：(1)识别最低限度充分的、特定于内容的意识神经关联(MscNCC)；(2)在不同的大脑中复制特定的mscNCC。
The content of consciousness (cC) constitutes an essential part of human life and is at the very heart of the hard problem of consciousness. The cC of a person (e.g., study participant) has been examined indirectly by evaluating the person’s behavioral reports, bodily signs, or neural signals. However, the measures do not reflect the full spectrum of the person’s cC. In this paper, we define a method, called “CHANging Consciousness Epistemically” (CHANCE), to consciously experience a cC that would be identical to that experienced by another person, and thus directly know the entire spectrum of the other’s cC. In addition, the ontologically subjective knowledge about a person’s cC may be considered epistemically objective and scientific data. The CHANCE method comprises two empirical steps: (1) identifying the minimally sufficient, content-specific neural correlates of consciousness (mscNCC) and (2) reproducing a specific mscNCC in different brains.