The reflexive nature of consciousness
By: Greg Janzen.
Series: Advances in consciousness research -- v. 72
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9789027252081
Subjects: Consciousness; Phenomenology; Self-consciousness (Awareness); Self
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conscious states, reflexivity, and phenomenal character; title: Some remarks on methodology; title: Some semantics of "consciousness"; title: Preamble; title: Creature consciousness : transitive and intransitive; title: State consciousness; title: Unconscious mental states; title: Self-consciousness; title: Phenomenal consciousness; title: A formula for state consciousness; title: Nagel's what-it-is-like formula; title: Putative counterexamples; title: Non-conscious phenomenality?; title: Summary; title: Consciousness and self-awareness; title: Preamble; title: A gloss on intentionality; title: The transitivity principle; title: Two positive arguments for the transitivity principle; title: Higher-orderism; title: Preamble; title: The higher-order theory of consciousness; title: A "one-state" alternative; title: Preamble; title: The Brentanian model; title: Objections and replies; title: Representationalism; title: Preamble; title: The representational theory of phenomenal character; title: The nature of phenomenal character; title: Preamble; title: Phenomenal character as implicit self-awareness; title: Some brief remarks on privacy; title: Conclusion.