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Sandro Nannini

1 paper in the library · 7 citations · publishing 2018

Papers

The mind-body problem in the philosophy of mind and cognitive neuroscience: a physicalist naturalist solution.

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology September 1, 2018 Sandro Nannini 7 citations

A voluntary action triggered by a visual perception reveals three fundamental characteristics of that perception: it is conscious, self-conscious, and has content. These are implemented by three distinct higher-order properties of brain dynamics. This leads to a physicalist naturalist solution to the mind-body problem: primary phenomenal consciousness is not a non-physical substance or property but the format the brain gives to part of its dynamics to achieve fine-tuning with the environment during bodily action.