Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness: An Anthology (Advances in Consciousness Research, 56)

384 Pages·2004·1.76 MB·English

by  Rocco J. Gennaro

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Higher-OrderTheoriesofConsciousness
AdvancesinConsciousnessResearch
AdvancesinConsciousnessResearchprovidesaforumforscholarsfromdifferentscientific
disciplinesandfieldsofknowledgewhostudyconsciousnessinitsmultifacetedaspects.Thus
theSerieswillinclude(butnotbelimitedto)thevariousareasofcognitivescience,including
cognitivepsychology,linguistics,brainscienceandphilosophy.TheorientationoftheSeries
istowarddevelopingnewinterdisciplinaryandintegrativeapproachesfortheinvestigation,
descriptionandtheoryofconsciousness,aswellasthepracticalconsequencesofthisresearch
fortheindividualandsociety.
SeriesA:TheoryandMethod.Contributionstothedevelopmentoftheoryandmethodin
thestudyofconsciousness.
Editor
MaximI.Stamenov
BulgarianAcademyofSciences
EditorialBoard
DavidChalmers EarlMacCormac
UniversityofArizona DukeUniversity
GordonG.Globus GeorgeMandler
UniversityofCaliforniaatIrvine UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego
RayJackendoff JohnR.Searle
BrandeisUniversity UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley
ChristofKoch PetraStoerig
CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology UniversitätDüsseldorf
StephenKosslyn †FranciscoVarela
HarvardUniversity C.R.E.A.,EcolePolytechnique,Paris
Volume56
Higher-OrderTheoriesofConsciousness:AnAnthology
EditedbyRoccoJ.Gennaro
Higher-Order Theories of
Consciousness
An Anthology
Editedby
Rocco J. Gennaro
IndianaStateUniversity
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p. cm.(AdvancesinConsciousnessResearch,issn1381–589X;v.
56)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes.
1.Consciousness.2.Self-consciousness.3.Thoughtandthinking.4.
Phenomenologicalpsychology.I.Gennaro,RoccoJ.II.Series.
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Table of contents
Contributors ix
Acknowledgmentsanddedication xi
Chapter1
Higher-ordertheoriesofconsciousness:Anoverview 1
RoccoJ.Gennaro
PartI: Defendersofhigher-ordertheories
Chapter2
Varietiesofhigher-ordertheory 17
DavidM.Rosenthal
Chapter3
Higher-orderthoughts,animalconsciousness,and
misrepresentation:AreplytoCarruthersandLevine 45
RoccoJ.Gennaro
Chapter4
Higher-orderglobalstates(HOGS):Analternativehigher-order
modelofconsciousness 67
RobertVanGulick
Chapter5
ThesuperiorityofHOPtoHOT 93
WilliamG.Lycan
Chapter6
HOPoverFOR,HOTtheory 115
PeterCarruthers
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Chapter7
Ahigherordersyntacticthought(HOST)theoryofconsciousness 137
EdmundT.Rolls
Chapter8
Assumptionsofasubjectivemeasureofconsciousness:Threemappings 173
ZoltánDienesandJosefPerner
PartII: Criticsofthehigher-orderapproach
Chapter9
Whatphenomenalconsciousnessislike 203
AlexByrne
Chapter10
EitherFORorHOR:Afalsedichotomy 227
RobertW.Lurz
Chapter11
AcoldlookatHOTtheory 255
WilliamSeager
Chapter12
HOTtheoriesofconsciousness:Moresadtalesofphilosophical
intuitionsgoneastray 277
ValerieGrayHardcastle
Chapter13
Afewthoughtstoomany? 295
WilliamS.Robinson
Chapter14
Higherorderrepresentationinamentalisticmetatheory 315
DonelsonE.Dulany
Tableofcontents 
Chapter15
Ouch!Anessayonpain 339
ChristopherS.Hill
Indexofnames 363
Indexoftopics 365

Contributors
AlexByrne ChristopherS.Hill
DepartmentofLinguistics DepartmentofPhilosophy
andPhilosophy BrownUniversity
MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology Providence,RI02912,USA
Cambridge,MA02139,USA [email protected]
[email protected]
PeterCarruthers RobertW.Lurz
DepartmentofPhilosophy DepartmentofPhilosophy
UniversityofMaryland BrooklynCollege
CollegePark,MD20742,USA 2900BedfordAvenue
[email protected] Brooklyn,NY11210,USA
[email protected]
ZoltánDienes
DepartmentofPsychology
UniversityofSussex WilliamG.Lycan
BrightonBN19QG,UK DepartmentofPhilosophy
[email protected] UniversityofNorthCarolina
atChapelHill
DonelsonE.Dulany ChapelHill,NC27599,USA
DepartmentofPsychology [email protected]
UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign
603EastDanielStreet
Champaign,IL61820,USA JosefPerner
[email protected] DepartmentofPsychology
UniversityofSalzburg
RoccoJ.Gennaro Hellbrunnerstrasse34
DepartmentofPhilosophy A-5020Salzburg,AUSTRIA
RootHallA-138D [email protected]
IndianaStateUniversity
TerreHaute,IN47809,USA
[email protected] WilliamS.Robinson
DepartmentofPhilosophy
ValerieGrayHardcastle andReligiousStudies
DepartmentofPhilosophy 402CattHall
VirginiaPolytechnicInstitute IowaStateUniversity
Blacksburg,VA24061,USA Ames,IA50011,USA
[email protected] [email protected]