Consciousness, Intentionality, and Causality

Consciousness, Intentionality, and Causality (1999)

by Walter J Freeman

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TITLE	Consciousness, Intentionality, and Causality	user correction - Legacy Corrections
AUTHOR NAME	Walter J Freeman	user correction
AUTHOR AFFIL	Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, LSA 129; University of California at	user correction
AUTHOR ADDR	Berkeley CA 94720-3200	user correction
ABSTRACT	To explain how stimuli cause consciousness, we have to explain causality. We can't trace linear causal chains from receptors after the first cortical synapse, so we use circular causality to explain neural pattern formation by self-organizing dynamics. But an aspect of intentional action is causality, which we extrapolate to material objects in the world. Thus causality is a property of mind, not matter.	user correction
YEAR	1999	user correction
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