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Does Stanislas Dehaene suggest that our consciousness is nothing more than firing neurons and if so what assumptions does he make to that end?

Dan Pendergrass I think you are looking at this as a book about consciousness, but it's really about how consciousness manifests itself in the brain. Think of time ve…moreI think you are looking at this as a book about consciousness, but it's really about how consciousness manifests itself in the brain. Think of time versus how time is monitored by the workings of a watch. A watch tells time, by using calibrated events, but how it works can not tell you about time itself. This is a book written by a scientist that lays out the scientific underpinnings of consciousness. Not a discussion of the nature of consciousness itself. That is probably not testable using the scientific method.(less)

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