Richard Brown

The Myth of Phenomenological Overflow

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Richard Brown
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Update 7/27/11
The paper is now available on Consciousness and Cognition’s website: The Myth Of Phenomenological Overflow
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I have just finished my contribution to the Special Issue of Consciousness and Cognition that I am editing featuring descendants of papers from the second online consciousness conference and made the pre-print available at my PhilPapers profile. Discussion and comments are welcome.

The Myth of Phenomenological Overflow

Abstract:
In this paper I examine the dispute between Hakwan Lau, Ned Block, and David Rosenthal over the extent to which empirical results can help us decide between first-order and higher-order theories of consciousness. What emerges from this is an overall argument to the best explanation against the first-order view of consciousness and the dispelling of the mythological notion of phenomenological overflow that comes with it.

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4 responses to “The Myth of Phenomenological Overflow”

  1. Cohen & Dennett’s Perfect Experiment « Philosophy Sucks! Avatar
    Cohen & Dennett’s Perfect Experiment « Philosophy Sucks!

    […] and Dennett want to argue against phenomenological overflow, which is a debate I am currently in the middle of myself, by showing that it is essentially an unscientific view. To do this they introduce what they call […]

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  2. Sid Kouider on Partial Awareness « Philosophy Sucks! Avatar
    Sid Kouider on Partial Awareness « Philosophy Sucks!

    […] about Sid Kouider’s recent presentation at the CUNY CogSci Colloquium. Sid was addressing a topic close to my heart, which the the issue of phenomenological overflow (I am pretty sure his talk was based on his recent […]

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  3. Cognitive Access: The Only Game in Town « Philosophy Sucks! Avatar
    Cognitive Access: The Only Game in Town « Philosophy Sucks!

    […] argument that perceptual consciousness overflows cognitive access from several recent objections (including from me). It is important that Block is defending overflow from cognitive access since he admits that […]

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  4. The Overflow Cup Runneth Over « Philosophy Sucks! Avatar
    The Overflow Cup Runneth Over « Philosophy Sucks!

    […] and Dennett and Cohen in Trends in Cognitive Science (Block’s paper criticized, among others, my recent paper on this stuff). These articles spawned a response by me here and here, which I still stand […]

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