A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness
| dc.contributor.author | Solms, Mark | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-24T10:12:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-24T10:12:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A neuropsychoanalytical approach to the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness revolves around the distinction between the subject and objects of consciousness. In contrast to the mainstream of cognitive science, neuropsychoanalysis prioritises the subject. The subject of consciousness is the indispensable page upon which its objects are inscribed. This has implications for our conception of the mental. The subjective being of consciousness is not registered in the classical exteroceptive modalities; it is not a cognitive representation, not a memory trace. Cognitive representations are ‘mental solids,’ embedded within subjective consciousness, and their tangible and visible (etc.) properties are projected onto reality. It is important to recognise that mental solids (e.g. the body-as-object) are no more real than the subjective being they are represented in (the body-as-subject). Moreover, pure subjectivity is not without content or quality. This aspect of consciousness is conventionally described quantitatively as the level of consciousness, ‘wakefulness’. But it feels like something to be awake. The primary modality of this aspect of consciousness is affect. Some implications of this frame of reference are discussed here, in broad brush strokes. This is an electronic version of an article published as Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2014, pp. 173-185. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219635214400032, © World Scientific Publishing Company, http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jin. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219635214400032 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Solms, M. (2014). A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness. <i>Journal of Integrative Neuroscience</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19833 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Solms, Mark "A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness." <i>Journal of Integrative Neuroscience</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19833 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Solms, M. (2014). A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of conscioueness. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 13(2): 173-185. DOI:10.1142/S0219635214400032 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Solms, Mark AB - A neuropsychoanalytical approach to the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness revolves around the distinction between the subject and objects of consciousness. In contrast to the mainstream of cognitive science, neuropsychoanalysis prioritises the subject. The subject of consciousness is the indispensable page upon which its objects are inscribed. This has implications for our conception of the mental. The subjective being of consciousness is not registered in the classical exteroceptive modalities; it is not a cognitive representation, not a memory trace. Cognitive representations are ‘mental solids,’ embedded within subjective consciousness, and their tangible and visible (etc.) properties are projected onto reality. It is important to recognise that mental solids (e.g. the body-as-object) are no more real than the subjective being they are represented in (the body-as-subject). Moreover, pure subjectivity is not without content or quality. This aspect of consciousness is conventionally described quantitatively as the level of consciousness, ‘wakefulness’. But it feels like something to be awake. The primary modality of this aspect of consciousness is affect. Some implications of this frame of reference are discussed here, in broad brush strokes. This is an electronic version of an article published as Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2014, pp. 173-185. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219635214400032, © World Scientific Publishing Company, http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jin. DA - 2014-06-02 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Integrative Neuroscience KW - Neuropsychoanalysis KW - hard problem KW - consciousness KW - subjectivity KW - prediction error KW - Freud LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness TI - A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19833 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19833 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219635214400032 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Solms M. A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19833. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | World Scientific Publishing | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Psychology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Journal of Integrative Neuroscience | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jin | |
| dc.subject | Neuropsychoanalysis | |
| dc.subject | hard problem | |
| dc.subject | consciousness | |
| dc.subject | subjectivity | |
| dc.subject | prediction error | |
| dc.subject | Freud | |
| dc.title | A Neuropsychoanalytical approach to the hard problem of consciousness | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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