Consciousness without Bodies: Rethinking the Power of the Visualised Brain

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2017

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Beijnon, B.ISNI 0000000492249144

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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.

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brain studies, consciousness, ecological knowledge, imagination, neuroscience, philosophy

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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