Hoerl, Christoph (2015) Writing on the page of consciousness. Procceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 115 (3). pp. 187-209. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00391.x ISSN 0066-7374.

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Abstract

I identify one particular strand of thought in Thomas Nagel’s ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ that I think has helped shape a certain conception of perceptual consciousness that is still prevalent in the literature. On this conception, perceptual consciousness is to be explained in terms of a special class of properties experiences themselves exhibit. I also argue that this conception is in fact in conflict with one of the key ideas that supposedly animates Nagel’s argument in ‘What is it like to be a bat?’, which is the idea of an intimate connection between the idea of consciousness and that of a point of view.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Consciousness
Journal or Publication Title:	Procceedings of the Aristotelian Society
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0066-7374
Official Date:	2015
Dates:	Date Event 2015 Published 10 December 2015 Available 2015 Accepted
Volume:	115
Number:	3
Number of Pages:	13
Page Range:	pp. 187-209
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00391.x
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	11 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	10 December 2017
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