Some Recent Papers

1. The HOROR Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness Philosophical Studies (online first). Just in time for Halloween a truly terrifying take on phenomenal consciousness: It may simply consist in a suitable higher-order representation of a representation.

2. (Coauthored with Pete Mandik) On Whether the Higher-Order Thought Theory of Consciousness Entails Cognitive Phenomenology, Or: What is it like to think that one thinks that P? Philosophical Topics 40(2):1-12. We argue that it does.

3. Consciousness Doesn’t Overflow Cognition. In this short piece I argue that the higher-order thought theory of consciousness is not threatened by Block’s recent arguments for phenomenological overflow.