Taking Conceptual Issues Really Seriously: One Next Step for the Cognitive Science of Consciousness

Tony Cheng; Yi Lin; Philip Tseng

doi:10.1111/cogs.13213

Taking Conceptual Issues Really Seriously: One Next Step for the Cognitive Science of Consciousness

Tony Cheng^*, Yi Lin, Philip Tseng

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Abstract

In this letter we focus on the cognitive science of consciousness. The general message is that, while this interdisciplinary area has made much progress in recent years, there is a tendency of downplaying conceptual issues, and therefore underestimating the difficulties of various problems. We briefly focus on a few prominent examples only, due to the space limit, but the general message should be clear: this recent tendency can be problematic for the progress of the consciousness branch of cognitive sciences.

Original language	English
Article number	e13213
Journal	Cognitive Science
Volume	46
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13213
Publication status	Published - 2022 Nov
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognitive science
Conceptual issues
Consciousness
Philosophy
Theories of consciousness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence

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