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An objective approach to subjective experience: Further explanation of a hypothesis

Roger W. Sperry
- 01 Nov 1970 - 
- Vol. 77, Iss: 6, pp 585-590
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This article is published in Psychological Review.The article was published on 1970-11-01. It has received 93 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Objective approach.

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Minds, brains, and programs

TL;DR: Only a machine could think, and only very special kinds of machines, namely brains and machines with internal causal powers equivalent to those of brains, and no program by itself is sufficient for thinking.
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Minds, Brains, and Programs

TL;DR: In this article, the main argument of this paper is directed at establishing this claim and the form of the argument is to show how a human agent could instantiate the program and still not have the relevant intentionality.
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The Neuropsychology of Autobiographical Memory

TL;DR: A full model of autobiographical memory must consider cognitive processes that are not generally considered 'core processes,' as well as the brain regions upon which these processes depend.
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Reductionism, Levels of Organization, and the Mind-Body Problem

TL;DR: Sperry's position is complex and variegated, and I will be unable to discuss some of the issues raised by him in this volume and in other closely related papers.
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Mind-brain interaction: Mentalism, yes; dualism, no

TL;DR: Reasons are advanced to show that the latest mind-brain model is fundamentally monistic and not only fails to support dualism, but serves to further discount fading prospects for finding dualist forms or domains of conscious experience not embodied in a functioning brain.
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A modified concept of consciousness

TL;DR: A theory of mind is suggested in which consciousness, interpreted to be a direct emergent property of cerebral activity, is conceived to be an integral component of the brain process that functions as an essential constituent of the action and exerts a directive holistic form of control over the flow pattern of cerebral excitation.
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Dimensions of Mind.