"惊人的假说"与意识研究方法论的转换

心灵或意识问题是当代心灵哲学和认知科学研究的热点和难点问题。英国科学家克里克借鉴神经科学、认知科学的最新成果 ,提出了一个“惊人的假说”。本文认为 ,克里克一反传统认识意识的类比、隐喻等间接方法 ,直接深入大脑“黑箱” ,用还原论方法探讨意识的神经机制 ,具有重要的学理和方法论意义。虽然他吹响了意识研究方法论变革的冲锋号角 ,但是他对意识的“困难问题”尚未作出令人信服的解答

Astonishing Hyputhesis and Change of Conscioasness Research Methodology

Basing on the up-to-date achievements of neural science and cognitive science,F.Crick puts forward an astonishing hypothesis.He advocates that we should enter directly the black box of brain,to study the neural system of consciousness by reductionism.The author comsiders that this methodology is of theoretical and methodological significance,and is also the clarion call for the radical change of methodology in the consciousness research.However,he has not solved the difficult problems of consciousness.