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Letter: We'll never get to grips with consciousness

Published 3 June 2020

From Steven King, Crewkerne, Somerset, UK

Regarding the hunt for an understanding of consciousness, I have to quote the late Stuart Sutherland’s astute observation and warning in The International Dictionary of Psychology: “Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved (2 May, p 40). Nothing worth reading has been written about it.”

Issue no. 3285 published 6 June 2020

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