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The Consciousness Paradox: Consciousness, Concepts, and Higher-Order Thoughts (Representation and Mind series) by Cennaro, Rocco J. & Kosut, R. L. & Mussa-Ivaldi, Sandro is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A defense of a version of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness with special attention to such topics as concepts and animal consciousness. Consciousness is arguably the most important area within contemporary philosophy of mind and perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the world. Despite an explosion of research from philosophers, psychologists, and scientists, attempts to explain consciousness in neurophysiological, or even cognitive, terms are often met with great resistance. In The Consciousness Paradox, Rocco Gennaro aims to solve an underlying paradox, namely, how it is possible to hold a number of seemingly inconsistent views, including higher-order thought (HOT) theory, conceptualism, infant and animal consciousness, concept acquisition, and what he calls the HOT-brain thesis. He defends and further develops a metapsychological reductive representational theory of consciousness and applies it to several importantly related problems. Gennaro proposes a version of the HOT theory of consciousness that he calls the "wide intrinsicality view" and shows why it is superior to various alternatives, such as self-representationalism and first-order representationalism.

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Author

Cennaro, Rocco J. & Kosut, R. L. & Mussa-Ivaldi, Sandro

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262298582

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Philosophy, Science