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Phenomenal, Subjective, Self-aware: a Clear Distinction With a View to Augmented Sensory Modalities

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the concepts of phenomenal experiences, subjective standpoints, and self-awareness in light of an enactive approach to mind. In doing so, it assumes that a clear-cut reorganization of those three concepts will help to deal more safely with technological enhancements of sensory modalities, including the hypothetical introspection of a person’s own neural states. It argues in favor of understanding the mental as a subcategory of the physical and of considering measurement scales and mutually complementary perspectives while tackling the mind-body relation. After discussing realistic prospects of sensory enhancement, it explores the overlaps of the notions of phenomenal experiences, subjective standpoints, and self-awareness, concluding for a reorganization that seems convenient to understand new neurotechnologies more effectively.

Source: Revista Dialectus - Revista de Filosofia

DOI: 10.30611/2024n35id94738

Authors: Daniel Andrade, Eduardo Chagas

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy and Theoretical Science

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Radboud Universiteit, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

OpenAlex ID: W4405929280

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