@article {Varela:1996:1355-8250:330,
title = "Neurophenomenology: a methodological remedy for the hard problem",
journal = "Journal of Consciousness Studies",
parent_itemid = "infobike://imp/jcs",
publishercode ="imp",
year = "1996",
volume = "3",
number = "4",
publication date ="1996-04-01T00:00:00",
pages = "330-349",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1355-8250",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/1996/00000003/00000004/718",
author = "Varela, F.J.",
abstract = "This paper starts with one of Chalmers basic points: first-hand experience is an irreducible field of phenomena. I claim there is no theoretical fix or extra ingredient in nature that can possibly bridge this gap. Instead, the field of conscious phenomena requires a rigorous method and an explicit pragmatics for its exploration and analysis. My proposed approach, inspired by the style of inquiry of phenomenology, I have called neurophenomenology. It seeks articulations by mutual constraints between phenomena present in experience and the correlative field of phenomena established by the cognitive sciences. It needs to expand into a widening research community in which the method is cultivated further.",
}