... & Koch, 1998). Crick, in his research, concentrated on finding a "single conscious interpretation of the visual scene, in order to eliminate hesitation." (Crick, 1998). His experiments include the research of classical blindsight. This is where a person can indicate the direction of movement of a spot of light over a certain range of speed, while denying he/she can see anything at all. The results show that this is not due to chance and shows there is likely to be some kind of visual consciousness, although there is still a great deal of research that needs to be done in this area. (Crick & Koch, 1998). As a reductionist, Crick 'reduces' the mind/brain into a 'thing' that can be studied scientifically. He does not attempt to study or define consciousness, as this cannot be explained. This reductionist view is a very limited stance to take as everything is broken down into ...

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