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A construct-first approach to consciousness science

par Fazekas, Peter;Overgaard, Morten;Cleeremans, Axel
Référence Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 156, 105480
Publication Publié, 2023-11-24

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We propose a new approach to consciousness science that instead of comparing complex theoretical positionsdeconstructs existing theories, takes their central assumptions while disregarding their auxiliary hypotheses, andfocuses its investigations on the main constructs that these central assumptions rely on (like global workspace,recurrent processing, metarepresentation). Studying how these main constructs are anchored in lower-levelconstructs characterizing underlying neural processing will not just offer an alternative to theory comparisonsbut will also take us one step closer to empirical resolutions. Moreover, exploring the compatibility and possiblecombinations of the lower-level constructs will allow for new theoretical syntheses. This construct-first approachwill improve our ability to understand the commitments of existing theories and pave the way for moving beyondthem.