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Author Janzen, Greg.

Title The reflexive nature of consciousness [electronic resource] / Greg Janzen.

Imprint Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2008.

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Description vi, 186 p.
Series Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 72
Advances in consciousness research ; v. 72.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and indexes.
Contents Introduction -- Conscious states, reflexivity, and phenomenal character -- Some remarks on methodology -- Some semantics of "consciousness" -- Preamble -- Creature consciousness : transitive and intransitive -- State consciousness -- Unconscious mental states -- Self-consciousness -- Phenomenal consciousness -- A formula for state consciousness -- Nagel's what-it-is-like formula -- Putative counterexamples -- Non-conscious phenomenality? -- Summary -- Consciousness and self-awareness -- Preamble -- A gloss on intentionality -- The transitivity principle -- Two positive arguments for the transitivity principle -- Higher-orderism -- Preamble -- The higher-order theory of consciousness -- A "one-state" alternative -- Preamble -- The Brentanian model -- Objections and replies -- Representationalism -- Preamble -- The representational theory of phenomenal character -- The nature of phenomenal character -- Preamble -- Phenomenal character as implicit self-awareness -- Some brief remarks on privacy -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Consciousness.
Phenomenology.
Self-consciousness (Awareness)
Self.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789027252081 (hbk : alk. paper)
9027252084 (hbk : alk. paper)

 
    
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