Colin McGinn - Is Consciousness Irreducible?

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Why is consciousness so contentious? Neuroscience can increasingly explain many facets of consciousness, but what about conscious awareness itself? Some philosophers claim that although facets of consciousness-such as how we see edges or colors-can be explained, we have no possibility of explaining, in purely physical terms, the experience of consciousness.
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Colin McGinn is a British philosopher who has held teaching posts and professorships at University College London, the University of Oxford, Rutgers University, and the University of Miami.
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