On the Alleged Backwards Referral of Experiences and Its Relevance to the Mind-Body Problem
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 48 (2) , 165-181
- https://doi.org/10.1086/288989
Abstract
A remarkable hypothesis has recently been advanced by Libet and promoted by Eccles which claims that there is standardly a backwards referral of conscious experiences in time, and that this constitutes empirical evidence for the failure of identity of brain states and mental states. Libet's neurophysiological data are critically examined and are found insufficient to support the hypothesis. Additionally, it is argued that even if there is a temporal displacement phenomenon to be explained, a neurophysiological explanation is most likely.Keywords
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