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Kant and the scientific study of consciousness.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21033196     Owner:  HMD     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We argue that Kant's views about consciousness, the mind-body problem and the status of psychology as a science all differ drastically from the way in which these topics are conjoined in present debates about the prominent idea of a science of consciousness. Kant never used the concept of consciousness in the now dominant sense of phenomenal qualia; his discussions of the mind-body problem center not on the reducibility of mental properties but of substances; and his views about the possibility of psychology as a science did not employ the requirement of a mechanistic explanation, but of a quantification of phenomena. This shows strikingly how deeply philosophical problems and conceptions can change even if they look similar on the surface.
Authors:
Thomas Sturm; Falk Wunderlich
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  History of the human sciences     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0952-6951     ISO Abbreviation:  Hist Human Sci     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-28     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100967737     Medline TA:  Hist Human Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  48-71     Citation Subset:  Q    
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Consciousness*
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Introversion (Psychology)*
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical*
Personal Autonomy
Religious Philosophies / history,  psychology
Research* / education,  history
Social Sciences* / education,  history

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