The Neurogenetic Substructures of Human Consciousness.
There are many interpretations of what consciousness is. In the past decade materialist and reductionist theories have gained in popularity as many neurological correlates of consciousness have been identified experimentally. This article presents a neurogenetic account of the underpinnings of neuro...
| Published in: | Essays in Philosophy Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 266 - 279 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=97312367&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 97312367 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15260569 1CNX jtl: Essays in Philosophy issn: 15260569 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2014 vid: 15 iid: 2 pid: 24375 pub: Essays in Philosophy artinfo: ui: 97312367 10.7710/1526-0569.1507 ppf: 266 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 98KB tig: atl: The Neurogenetic Substructures of Human Consciousness. aug: au: Grandy, John K. affil: Independent Scholar su: Consciousness Mind & body Self-consciousness (Awareness) Theory of knowledge Neurons Psychology sug: subj: Consciousness Mind & body Self-consciousness (Awareness) Theory of knowledge Neurons Psychology ab: There are many interpretations of what consciousness is. In the past decade materialist and reductionist theories have gained in popularity as many neurological correlates of consciousness have been identified experimentally. This article presents a neurogenetic account of the underpinnings of neuron-based consciousness. In this paradigm, human consciousness is supported by genes that are involved in three distinct neurogenetic phases: 1) the emergence of neuron-based consciousness, 2) the continuum of neuronbased consciousness, and 3) the neurodegeneration of human consciousness. The methodology implemented to establish these three neurogenetic phases was a systematic search and evaluation of genes that have been proven to support an active role in one or more of these three phases. This article demonstrates that there is a substructure of gene-based correlates that functions in the three neurogenetic phases. These phases work in tandem with the conscious experience. Consequently, it is established that explanations of human consciousness that rely solely on regions of the brain and neurons are deficient without taking into consideration the neurogenetic element of human consciousness. This presentation of the neurogenetic dimensions of human consciousness is the first of its kind. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Essays in Philosophy is the property of Essays in Philosophy and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Essays in Philosophy holder: Essays in Philosophy dt: @attributes: year: 2014 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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