PsychologyFrontiers in Psychology
How-tests for consciousness and direct neurophenomenal structuralism
S. B. Fink
Despite criticism, the search for neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs) remains central. The paper distinguishes NCCs as data versus hypotheses, introduces a framework of four "sufficiency tests" (predicting which systems are conscious, when, what they experience, or how they experience), and argues that How-Tests for phenomenal character are preferable—entailing a stronger metaphysical neuro-phenomenal tie and direct first-person testing. Research conducted by Sascha Benjamin Fink.
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