Finding the neural correlates of consciousness will not solve all our problems
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences July 19, 2021 Morten S. Overgaard, Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup
Neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs) are often used as evidence for or against competing conceptual theories of the mind, but this is an overestimation of what NCC findings can do. There is neither an isomorphism nor a homomorphism between the conceptual frameworks of these theories and the data obtained from neuroimaging. Consequently, neural activation profiles alone cannot distinguish between competing theories. Two approaches are suggested to address this issue.