Consciousness without Bodies: Rethinking the Power of the Visualised Brain
Publication date
2017
Editors
Advisors
Supervisors
Document Type
Article
Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
License
Abstract
This article examines the possibility of the futuristic assumption that the human mind will converge with artificial intelligence technology to create an enhancement of consciousness. By studying how a correlation between consciousness and the brain is made through visual tools that are used in neuroscience, this article elaborates on how these findings affect research that is done in philosophy on the concept of consciousness. This article proposes a new approach on studying the brain, by examining it as a theoretical object, which gives every research field the possibility to argue over the truth in the images that are created of the brain.
Keywords
brain studies, consciousness, ecological knowledge, imagination, neuroscience, philosophy
Citation
Beijnon, B 2017, 'Consciousness without Bodies : Rethinking the Power of the Visualised Brain', World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2017.1319664