Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Theories of consciousness can be sepa-rated into those that see it as cognitive in nature, or as an aspect of cognitive functioning, and those that see conscious-ness as importantly distinct from any kind of cognitive functioning. One version of the former kind of theory is the higher-order-thought theory of consciousness. This family of theories posits a funda-mental role for cognitive states, higher-order thought-like intentional states, in the explanation of conscious experience. These states are higher-order in that they represent the subject herself as being in various world-directed first-order states
Source: Frontiers in Psychology
Author: Richard Brown
Institutions: LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,801
OpenAlex ID: W2075823298