poderiamos remover a saude de um organismo ao mesmo tempo que mantemos a totalidade de seus orgaos e suas interacoes em perfeito estado, ou, inversamente, que poderiamos remover alguns desses orgaos e, mesmo assim, achar que preservamos a saude do organismo, isto e, que ela poderia permanecer intacta. Ora, por que nao poderiamos afirmar o mesmo em relacao a consciencia? TEIXEIRA, J.F. On Chalmers Theory of Consciousness. Psicologia USP, Sao Paulo, v.8, n.2, p.109-128, 1997. Abstract: The paper focuses on Chalmer s theory of consciousness as it is presented in his most recent book, The Conscious Mind, published in 1996. The first part is devoted to a presentation of the main outlines of Chalmer s theory. The second part discusses such a theory by focusing on the metaphysical plausibility of the existence of zombies as well as on the notion of supervenience. Index terms: Consciousness. Artificial intelligence. Cartesianism. Cognition. REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRAFICAS BAARS, B.J. A cognitive theory of consciousness. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press, 1988. [ Links ] CALVIN, W.H. The cerebral symphony. New York, Bantam Books, 1990. [ Links ] CHALMERS, D.J. The conscious mind. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996. [ Links ] CLARK, A. Sensory qualities. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. [ Links ] CRICK, F.; KOCH, C. Toward a neurobiological theory of consciousness. Seminars in the Neurosciences, v.2, p.263-75, 1990. [ Links ] DENNETT, D. Consciousness explained. Boston, Little, Brown, 1991. [ Links ] DENNETT, D. Toward a cognitive theory of consciousness. In: Brainstorms. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1978. p.149-73. [ Links ] DESCARTES, R. Oeuvres et lettres. Paris, Gallimard, 1953. (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade) [ Links ] EDELMAN, G. The remembered present: a biological theory of consciousness. New York, Basic Books, 1989. [ Links ] FLANAGAN, O. Consciousness reconsidered. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1992. [ Links ] FLOHR, H. Qualia and brain processes. In: BECKERMANN, A.; FLOHR, H.; KIM, J., eds. Emergence or reduction? Prospects for nonreductive physicalism. Berlin, DeGruyter, 1992. [ Links ] HAMEROFF, S.R. Quantum coherence in microtubules: a neural basis for emergent consciousness? Journal of Consciousness Studies, v.1, p.91-118, 1994. [ Links ] HARDIN, C.L. Physiology, phenomenology and Spinoza s true colors. In: BECKERMANN, A.; FLOHR, H.; KIM, J., eds. Emergence or reduction? Prospects for nonreductive physicalism. Berlin, DeGruyter, 1992. [ Links ] HUMPHREY, N. A history of the mind. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1992. [ Links ] JACKENDOFF, R. Consciousness and the computational mind Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1987. [ Links ] JAMES, W. The principles of psychology. New York, Henry Holt, 1890. v.1. Reprinted by Dover Books, 1950. [ Links ] McGINN, C. Can we solve the mind-body problem? Mind, v.98, p.349-66, 1989. [ Links ] MOROWITZ, H.J. Rediscovering the mind. Psychology Today, v.14, n.3, p.12-8, 1980. Reimpresso em: DENNETT, D.; HOFSTADTER, D., eds. The Minds I. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1981. [ Links ] NAGEL, T. What is it to be like a bat? Philosophical Review, v.4, p.435-50, 1974. [ Links ] PENROSE, R. The emperor s new mind. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1989. [ Links ] PENROSE, R. Shadows of the