Lecture 10 - Consciousness I

Question 1

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What is consciousness?

Answer 1

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Consciousness is a feeling of under “volitional” control:

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Question 2

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Describe an example study where we lose our volitional control.

Answer 2

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Question 3

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Describe the different states of consciousness as proposed by (Laureys 2005).

Answer 3

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Question 4

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How can we find out if a patient in vegetative state is in control of their own thoughts?

Answer 4

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Question 5

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Describe the Philosophical approaches – the mind-body problem of consciousness.

Answer 5

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Question 6

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What are the easy and hard problems of defining and understanding consciousness?

Describe 2 possible approaches to this hard problem.

Answer 6

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Question 7

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Answer 7

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Question 8

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Lecture summary:

• Definitions of consciousness
• The mind-body problem
• Bats
• The easy and hard problems
• Zombies, partial zombies
• The Phenomenal and Access consciousness

Lecture objectives:

• Definition of consciousness
• Volitional control
• States of consciousness
• Qualia
• Philosophical approaches
• The Easy and Hard problems of consciousness
• The Phenomenal and Access consciousness

Answer 8

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