The Concept of Consciousness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5268445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cyril Burt (UCL Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-242 |
| Publication date | 1962-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1962.tb00830.x |
| PMID | 13875055 |
| OpenAlex | W2021865058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
The object of the following paper is to criticize the current practice which takes behaviour rather than consciousness to be the defining characteristic of psychology. It is argued that consciousness must be regarded as a generic term covering (i) certain specific relations (e.g. intuitive awareness), and (ii) certain specific contents (e.g. sense-data, mental images, feelings, etc.). Both relations and contents are directly given; both are unique phenomena of sufficient importance, practically as well as theoretically, to deserve systematic study in their own right. The methods available for studying them necessarily include introspection; and this, it is contended, is as valid as any other mode of observation. Detailed instances are given, showing how the neglect of introspective procedures leads to descriptions of human behaviour which are not only incomplete but frequently misleading
Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Consciousness · Epistemology · Feeling · Introspection · Neglect · Object (grammar) · Artificial Intelligence · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry · Social Psychology
The human subject in psychological research
How we know our minds
The Ghost in the Machine
Introspection, language learning and curriculum development
Basic problems of consciousness
From Subject to Participant
The Place of Behaviour in Psychological Experiments
Psychology
Science as a Vocation in the Era of Big Data
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2018 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |