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Ever since introspectionism was abandoned early in this century, the scientific community has shown little interest in training people to observe the functioning of their own minds with greater than ordinary clarity. Thus, despite advanced academic training and much knowledge about physical phenomena and processes, few consciousness theorists or experimentalists have any special expertise at closely observing mental artifacts and processes. Without observational clarity about the mental, how is that web of physical/mental correlations going to be mapped?
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Macdonald, C. The Necessity for Developing Skill at Mind-Process Observation, and a Suggested Methodology. Act Nerv Super 52, 128–133 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379576
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