Edelman Gerald M
Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Apr 29;100(9):5520-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0931349100. Epub 2003 Apr 17.
Consciousness has a number of apparently disparate properties, some of which seem to be highly complex and even inaccessible to outside observation. To place these properties within a biological framework requires a theory based on a set of evolutionary and developmental principles. This paper describes such a theory, which aims to provide a unifying account of conscious phenomena.
意识具有许多明显不同的特性,其中一些特性似乎高度复杂,甚至外界观察难以企及。要将这些特性置于生物学框架内,需要一个基于一系列进化和发育原则的理论。本文描述了这样一种理论,其旨在对意识现象提供一个统一的解释。