Phenomenal experience and science: Separated by a “brick wall”?

Palmer's principled distinction between first-person experience and scientific access is called into question. First, complete color transformations of experience and memory may be undetectable even from the first-person perspective. Second, transformations of (say) pain experiences seem to be...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 1999-12, Vol.22 (6), p.968-968
Main Author: Pauen, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain
Color
Memory
Open Peer Commentary
Palmer: Color and consciousness
Philosophy
Sensory perception
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Summary:Palmer's principled distinction between first-person experience and scientific access is called into question. First, complete color transformations of experience and memory may be undetectable even from the first-person perspective. Second, transformations of (say) pain experiences seem to be intrinsically connected to certain effects, thus giving science access to these experiences, in principle. Evidence from pain research and emotional psychology indicates that further progress can be made.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X99472218