Science and the Riddle of Consciousness A Solution
Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest, and dozens of books have been written in recent years to explain it, yet it still remains a mystery. Science and the Riddle of Consciousness explains why consciousness is a riddle for science,
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SCIENCE AND THE RIDDLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS A Solution
by
Jeffrey Foss University of Victoria, Canada
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Foss, Jeffrey. Science and the riddle of consciousness I by Jeffrey Foss. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4419-4994-3 ISBN 978-1-4757-6478-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-6478-9
I.Consciousness. I. Title. QP411 . F67 2000 153' .01-dc21
00-57825
Copyright Cl 2000 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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For Christina, Pili, and Sylvie
Two worlds: this means two truths. Or no truth at all. This is the tragedy of the modern mind which "solved the riddle of the universe, " but only to replace it by another riddle: the riddle of itself Newtonian Studies, Alexandre Koyre
Contents Preface ......................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER 1 The Place of Consciousness in Science. ..... ....... ... .... .... .... 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
The Invisibility Barrier .................................................................. 2 A Solution to the Inverted Spectrum Riddle ............................. 11 Qualia and Complementarity ...................................................... 15 Method Before Metaphysics ... ..................................................... 28 The Completeness Thesis ...................................................... ....... 31 Notes to Chapter 1 ................................ ........................................ 31
CHAPTER 2 The Scientific Model and the Genesis of the Riddle ..... 35 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Science and Geometry ...................................................... ............ 36 Science, Maps, and Models .......................................................... 40 Physics and the Ontology of Science ........................................... 55 Weaving the Riddle: Ex Geometria Solum Geometria ................ 58 Notes to Chapter 2 ...................................................... .................. 67
CHAPTER 3 The Manifest Model and the Pythagorean Intuition ..... 69 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
The Complementarity Hypothesis ............................................... 70 The Manifest Model ............... ........................................ ............... 75 Science as the Escape from Self-Centeredness ............................ 82 The Counter-Intuitiveness ofthe Riddle ......................... ............ 94 Notes to Chapter 3 ...................................................... .................. 96
CHAPTER 4 Explaining Qualia ............................................................ 97 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.
