Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2007.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Consciousness: A Natural History
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
; University of Oregon, Department of Philosophy, Eugene, USA
Sažetak
This article shows how the proper question to answer concerning consciousness is not ‘how consciousness arises in matter’, but how consciousness is part and parcel of the evolution of animate forms. The article traces out just such an evolution by consideration of real life forms including bacteria and invertebrates. It vindicates the evolutionary thesis that external proprioceptive organs, as evidenced in their own right, were modified and internalized over time into kinesthetic organs, sustaining, in effect, a directly movement sensitive corporeal consciousness across virtually all forms of evolutionary life. The paper specifies significant consequences of the thesis having to do with the unconscious, with present-day focal studies of the brain that neglect a correlative natural history, and with the need to attend to corporeal matters of fact.
Ključne riječi
animate forms; animation; responsivity; proprioceptive organs; kinesthesia; corporeal consciousness; surface recognition sensitivity; kinetic spontaneity; ‘know thyself’ as a biological built-in
Hrčak ID:
23577
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.2.2008.
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