Is consciousness primary?

NeuroQuantology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-71

  Bitbol, Michel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Epistemology; Neurophenomenology; Neurophysiology; Phenomenology; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSENSUS; EPISTEMOLOGY; METAPHYSICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 49949116754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13035150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14704/nq.2008.6.1.157     Document Type: Article

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