A Map of Consciousness Studies: Questions and Approaches

This article aims to present a map of consciousness studies, which consists of a list of fundamental questions about consciousness and existing approaches to them. The question list includes five fundamental categories: Definitional, Phenomenological, Epistemological, Ontological, and Axiological. E...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2020-10, Vol.11, p.530152-530152
Main Author: Niikawa, Takuya
Format: Article
Language:English
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approach to consciousness
consciousness
consciousness science
philosophy of consciousness
Psychology
questions about consciousness
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Summary:This article aims to present a map of consciousness studies, which consists of a list of fundamental questions about consciousness and existing approaches to them. The question list includes five fundamental categories: Definitional, Phenomenological, Epistemological, Ontological, and Axiological. Each fundamental category is divided into more determinate questions. Existing approaches to each question are also classified into a few groups, presenting principal researchers who take each kind of approach. In the final section, I demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed map of consciousness studies by applying it to examine the integrated information theory and the global workspace theory of consciousness.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.530152