Horace Barlow (1992) The Social Role of Consciousness
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Psycoloquy 3(19): The Social Role of Consciousness
THE SOCIAL ROLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Commentary on Bridgeman on Consciousness
Horace Barlow
Physiological Laboratory
Downing St
Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK
AECP1@PHOENIX.CAMBRIDGE.AC.UK
Abstract
Bridgeman's article is important but is only a single
step in the right direction. It must also be accepted that the
complete psychology of an individual could only portray a shadow of
their full personality. It is the reportability of our plans that
makes links between individuals possible, and that it is the
consequences and characteristics of these links that complete our
personalities.
Keywords
consciousness, language, plans, motivation, evolution,
motor system
References
- Bridgeman, Bruce (1992) On the Evolution of Consciousness and Language. PSYCOLOQUY 3 (15) consciousness.1
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- Donne, John (1573-1631) A Valediction Forbidding Mourning.
- Barlow, H.B. (1987). The biological role of consciousness. In: C. Blakemore & S. Greenfield (Eds.), Mindwaves. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- James, W. (1890). Chapter 5 Book 1 of The Principles of Psychology Boston: Henry Holt and Co; (also Dover Publications Inc 1950).