No validity without a theory—a critical look at subjective measures of consciousness

Michel (The mismeasure of consciousness: a problem of coordination for the perceptual awareness scale. Philos Sci 2019;86:1239–49) claims that the Perceptual Awareness Scale (PAS) faces the problem of coordination (also known as validity). We argue that his claim holds only under certain theoretical...

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Autores principales: Skóra, Zuzanna, Del Pin, Simon Hviid, Derda, Monika, Koculak, Marcin, Rutiku, Renate, Wierzchoń, Michał
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8042361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nc/niab009
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description Michel (The mismeasure of consciousness: a problem of coordination for the perceptual awareness scale. Philos Sci 2019;86:1239–49) claims that the Perceptual Awareness Scale (PAS) faces the problem of coordination (also known as validity). We argue that his claim holds only under certain theoretical assumptions which need to be made explicit as these are likely not in line with the PAS proponents’ standpoint. We also call for terminological clarity, an example being the usage of ‘levels’ of consciousness. Precise terminology combined with an explicit reference to the chosen theoretical perspective is necessary conditions for making progress in consciousness research and the development of consciousness theories.
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spelling pubmed-80423612021-04-16 No validity without a theory—a critical look at subjective measures of consciousness Skóra, Zuzanna Del Pin, Simon Hviid Derda, Monika Koculak, Marcin Rutiku, Renate Wierzchoń, Michał Neurosci Conscious Spotlight Commentary Michel (The mismeasure of consciousness: a problem of coordination for the perceptual awareness scale. Philos Sci 2019;86:1239–49) claims that the Perceptual Awareness Scale (PAS) faces the problem of coordination (also known as validity). We argue that his claim holds only under certain theoretical assumptions which need to be made explicit as these are likely not in line with the PAS proponents’ standpoint. We also call for terminological clarity, an example being the usage of ‘levels’ of consciousness. Precise terminology combined with an explicit reference to the chosen theoretical perspective is necessary conditions for making progress in consciousness research and the development of consciousness theories. Oxford University Press 2021-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8042361/ /pubmed/33868713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nc/niab009 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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