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Abstract:
For those of you who are willing to accept that consciousness
is a function of the nervous system, biogenetic structuralism
offers a number of advantages. First, biogenetic structuralism is
an interdisciplinary theory, integrating research in
anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, physics, and
phenomenology. Second, the theory provides a single perspective
and language for addressing such issues as the evolution of
consciousness, animal consciousness, consciousness in human
fetuses and babies, alternative phases of consciousness, the
cultural conditioning and transcendence of cultural conditioning
of consciousness, and the relations between technology and
consciousness. Third, the theory requires grounding in a
methodology best described as neurophenomenology-a merger of
trained phenomenological skill and an understanding of
neuroscience. And fourth, the theory counters some of the more
common limitations of other theories currently informing
consciousness science-limitations that include the following:
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