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Philosophy of Sciences

2015 year, number 3

Philosophical significance of reductive and non-reductive approaches to the simulation of the consciousness

S.E. Ovchinnikov
Institute of Philosophy and Law SB RAS, Novosibirsk
Keywords: сознание, редукция, супервентность, квалиа, субстанция, феномен, consciousness, reduction, supervenience, qualia, substance, phenomenon

Abstract

The paper consider philosophical foundation of modern approach to understand and model of consciousness. The inner contradictions are distinguished, analyzes of relative critics of reductive and non-reductive approaches is developed. The main cause of disagreement between conceptions is determinate and philosophical consequences from it are deduced.