No Competition Between DES and El.

In this article the author discusses the article by T. Froese, C. Gould, and A. K. Seth where they validate the effectiveness of Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES) and Explicitation Interview (EI) methods in the Science of Consciousness. It notes that it is absurd to compare DES against EI, as if...

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Publicado en:Journal of Consciousness Studies Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 79 - 90
Autor principal: Vermersch, Pierre
Formato: Opinion
Publicado: Imprint Academic Feb2011
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Sumario:In this article the author discusses the article by T. Froese, C. Gould, and A. K. Seth where they validate the effectiveness of Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES) and Explicitation Interview (EI) methods in the Science of Consciousness. It notes that it is absurd to compare DES against EI, as if one method is better that the other in the absolute. It implies that the key issue is the reliability of verbal reports, whether gathered at the very time of experience or DES or posteriori or EI.