The Biological Perspective
- Frank Matus
- Jan 10
- 1 min read
Excerpt from Chapter 1
Consciousness in Crisis
Modern science has taken significant strides in understanding consciousness, largely through the lens of neuroscience.
The brain, with its billions of neurons and synaptic connections, is the epicentre of the conscious experience.
Researchers use brain scans and electrical recordings to peek into the neural mechanisms that give rise to our sense of self.
One popular hypothesis is the "Global Workspace Theory[1]," which suggests that consciousness arises from the integration of information across different brain regions. Imagine your brain as a theatre on Broadway, with different neural circuits being the actors, and consciousness as the spotlight highlighting the star performers.
Yet, this still doesn't answer why we feel the way we do, why we think how we do, and why it is different and individual for every single one of us, like a unique consciousness fingerprint, or snowflake.
It’s like explaining the internet solely by the computing hardware – informative but incomplete.
[1] Baars, B.J. (1988) A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness.
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