This view of consciousness as property "intrinsic" we have obtained from the work " wisdom Clock "the eminent scientist and writer Francisco Mora.
tells us that nature has planned biological survival, that man continues to have the emotions from becoming conscious. Just the man "knows" of such emotional reactions to emerge the same to his conscience.
Professor Mora notes the definition of emotions as the "Dictionary of Neuroscience" Sanguinetti and Mora (1994):
"behavioral and subjective reaction produced by information from the external world internal (memory) of the individual. It is accompanied by neurovegetative denómenos. "
subjective reaction is referred to the cognitive aspect.
With reference to consciousness (the subject of this article) Francisco Mora is initially based on the nine philosophical theses, or how to study consciousness scientifically-Searle, seven of them commenting:
First problem. It refers to the definition of consciousness, since consciousness would not be a subject for scientific research, being at best a confusing concept and even mystical. To solve this first problem, Searle proposes definitions to distinguish between the essence of the concept to other "sense common or useful "to serve for experimental work.
second problem. It refers to the objectivity and subjectivity of consciousness, for being by definition objective science and highly subjective consciousness, "there can be a science of consciousness." Searle answers that can be objective knowledge in the subjective domain.
Third problem. It refers to the causation between subjective and objective phenomena of that consciousness. Searle suggests that "through the advancement of neurobiology and descriptions of how and why something happens exactly this feeling will disappear of mystery. "
Fourth problem. Is whether consciousness has a biological function. Searle responds in the sense that consciousness is an important ingredient in the behavior of humans and higher animals.
Fifth problem. It has to do with that consciousness is a different state of the brain, or better, is there a causal explanation of consciousness in terms of brain processes? Searle tells us that this latter view is dualistic, since (in your opinion) "the correct view is to see that consciousness is nothing but patterns of neuronal activity."
Sixth problem. Is referred to ways of reducing consciousness to its constituent elements (reductionism), ie, their neural circuits. Searle parks the problem, saying "we want a causal explanation of how the brain processes cause conscious experiences."
Seventh problem. How to manipulate and express symbolic computer language awareness. Searle, is of the same opinion when talking Zeki visual system, saying that "the reason why you can not analyze the consciousness in terms of information processing or symbolic manipulation is that consciousness is an intrinsic property of the biology nervous system, while information processing and symbolic manipulation is related to an observer outside the system. "
Francisco Mora tells us that "the whole of a particular pattern of neural activity is not the cause of consciousness because it is consciousness itself, only in a language neurobiological against psychological or behavioral."
Based on these philosophical arguments Searle, neurobiology has been, though still in a rudimentary way, advance the understanding of consciousness.
Crick, Edelman and Tononi conclude (each independently) the conscience "depends crucially on some form of short-term memory and serial attentional mechanisms." "The conscious experience is a process that is unified and private, which is extremely different and that is developed on a scale of milliseconds."
An important feature of conscious perception is its uniqueness, "the act of consciousness is a single act in time and space" (a single "scene").
dynamic consciousness of the world we have is a series of unique and distinct acts in serial time based on iconic memory (less than a second) or short-term memory (a few seconds.)
During the time unit estimated at about 12 ms, the brain can process a simple quantum event or as a result of scanning the entire cortex by the 40 Hz neuronal oscillations in the thalamic nuclei (Llinas) progress from the earlier parts of the cerebral cortex (frontal pole) to the rear (occipital pole). Francisco Mora tells us that "the succession of sweeps provide the continuous film of our being and being in the world."
Finally, Francisco Mora believes in the possibility that eventually make "a unified theory of human knowledge in the basic sciences that were the anchor of the Humanities."
Source: Symbiotic's Blog
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