NEUROSCIENCE AND A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Samira Nazim Dadashova
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 30, Istiglaliyyat st., Baku, AZ1001, Azerbaijan
Keywords: neuroscience, philosophy of mind, hard problem of consciousness, subjective experience, morality, free will
Abstract
The article deals with the analysis of modern problems of consciousness in the context of the works of famous philosophers and neuroscientists. The issue of the connection between neuroscience and philosophy and the purpose of the latter in the explanation of consciousness is considered. It is argued that there is a cross-fertilization of these disciplines: philosophy can help to bridge the gap between the scientific explanation of reality and subjective experience, while research in the field of neuroscience can shed light on the fundamental problems of philosophy. The conclusion is made that the tendency of most scientists and philosophers to absolutism does not allow them to analyze the problem of consciousness and its moral boundaries from different perspectives.
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