Overall, I liked both articles (I missed them before, somehow). I learned a few things about the research into consciousness—especially from ‘Neural correlates...’. For me it didn’t really add up to a real understanding of consciousness, but that’s hardly the fault of these articles.
In ‘Neural correlates...’ the jump from these EEGs to Global Workspace Theory seems a bit sudden. In ‘The Protaganist...’ it would be nice to start with a rough overview of the various theories. It could be made a bit clearer how the Global Workspace Theory relates to the Self-Model Theories of Consciousness (they’re at different levels, I gather). Also, how do the models that e.g. Dennett and (related) Drescher have proposed fit in?
So—fairly minor things. Overall, I liked your articles, and hope more will follow.
atucker: if I were to read just one of these nine articles, which one should I pick?
The Protagonist Problem.
Thanks—I read ‘The Protoganist Problem’ and, necessarily, ‘Neural correlates of Conscious Access’.
Overall, I liked both articles (I missed them before, somehow). I learned a few things about the research into consciousness—especially from ‘Neural correlates...’. For me it didn’t really add up to a real understanding of consciousness, but that’s hardly the fault of these articles.
In ‘Neural correlates...’ the jump from these EEGs to Global Workspace Theory seems a bit sudden. In ‘The Protaganist...’ it would be nice to start with a rough overview of the various theories. It could be made a bit clearer how the Global Workspace Theory relates to the Self-Model Theories of Consciousness (they’re at different levels, I gather). Also, how do the models that e.g. Dennett and (related) Drescher have proposed fit in?
So—fairly minor things. Overall, I liked your articles, and hope more will follow.