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McClelland, Tom (2020) Self-representationalist theories of consciousness. In: Kriegel, Uriah, (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198749677
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Abstract
To understand Self-Representationalism (SR) you need to understand its family. Self-Representationalism is a branch of the Meta-Representationalist family, and according to theories in this family what distinguishes conscious mental representations from unconscious mental representations is that conscious ones are themselves the target of a mental meta¬-representational state. A mental state M1 is thus phenomenally conscious in virtue of being suitably represented by some mental state M2. What distinguishes the Self-Representationalist branch of the family is the claim that M1 and M2 must be the same token mental state, so a mental state is phenomenally conscious in virtue of suitably representing itself. This Self-Representationalist branch of the family divides into further branches, giving us specific implementations of the Self-Representationalist approach. But before asking whether we should adopt Self-Representationalism, and in what form, we should reflect on why Meta-Representationalism is an attractive family in the first place. After all, Self-Representationalist theories trade on their family name, claiming to deliver on the promises that drive the Meta-Representationalist approach. The two most important promises of Meta-Representationalism are: a) the promise of capturing the transitivity of consciousness and; b) the promise of rendering consciousness naturalisable. I discuss each in turn.
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Self-consciousness (Awareness), Mental representation , Philosophy of mind, Consciousness | |||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |||||||||
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |||||||||
ISBN: | 9780198749677 | |||||||||
Book Title: | The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness | |||||||||
Editor: | Kriegel, Uriah | |||||||||
Official Date: | 9 September 2020 | |||||||||
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Number of Pages: | 720 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This chapter was first published in McClelland, Tom (2020) Self-representationalist theories of consciousness. In: Kriegel, Uriah, (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198749677 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 March 2017 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 September 2022 | |||||||||
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