Phenomenology and the Physical Reality of Consciousness
Advances in Consciousness Research August 31, 2011 Arthur Melnick
Consciousness is not merely a product of brain activity, as most philosophers and scientists believe, but a phenomenon that exists throughout the body. The book argues that consciousness is fundamentally self-disclosing, revealing itself to the conscious being, regardless of intentionality or self-awareness. By focusing on this self-disclosing character, the work proposes a specific account of consciousness as a bodily field phenomenon, aiming to break the philosophical stalemate over its physical reality.