Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: Recent developments in neuroscience and psychology have put pressure on the traditional philosophical idea of the unity of consciousness.Some have argued that splitbrain cases and multiple personality disorder demand a rejection and elimination of the very notion of a unified consciousness.In this poster, I argue that David Rosenthal's higherorder-thought theory of consciousness allows for an explication of unity that provides for the subjective appearance of unity, but respects the actual and potential disunity of the brain processes that underwrite consciousness.
Author: Josh Weisberg
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2623590933