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A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness

Book Domain Context Life and Biology

Citation

Bernard J. Baars. (1988). A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness. Cambridge University Press.

Why this reference is included

Baars’ A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness (1988), published by Cambridge University Press, sits in the program’s reference corpus as a standing technical source. Cited across Book VII (Categorical Metaphysics), Part 9, Chapter Consciousness as Global Section; Book VII (Categorical Metaphysics), Part 9, Chapter The Phenomenal Self-Model: Metzinger Comparison — the central framing is “Relation to Leading Research Programmes The global-section account is compatible with, and clarifies, several major research programmes: Global Workspace Theory”.

Cited in

  • Book VII — Categorical Metaphysics Part 9
    Chapter Consciousness as Global Section
    Relation to Leading Research Programmes The global-section account is compatible with, and clarifies, several major research programmes: Global Workspace Theory
  • Book VII — Categorical Metaphysics Part 9
    Chapter The Phenomenal Self-Model: Metzinger Comparison
    IIT and Global Workspace Two prominent neuroscience-oriented theories of consciousness can be positioned relative to the categorical account: Global workspace theory (Baars , Dehaene ): conscious states are those that are globally broadcast, available to multiple cognitive subsystems

Bibliographic Details

BibTeX Keybaars1988
AuthorsBernard J. Baars
Year
TypeBook
PublisherCambridge University Press

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