theory of consciousness
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoryandconsciousness
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθɪə.ri/us/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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consciousness
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of understanding and ...
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(Definition oftheoryandconsciousnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this target article we develop and defend this connectionist vehicletheoryofconsciousness.
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Phenomenology is what thetheoryofconsciousnessis supposed to illuminate.
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However, both assumptions can be dropped while we maintain a vehicletheoryofconsciousness.
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So: the loop of explanation must be closed back from thetheoryofconsciousness.
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Things are probably much more mixed up than suggested by any simpletheoryofconsciousness.
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The recurrence of notions of "pattern" and "organisation" in attempts to correlate mind and brain or establish a biologicaltheoryofconsciousnessis noteworthy.
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Anytheoryofconsciousnessshould be able to explain these radical subjective differences between the presence and absence of consciousness.
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We thus hold to our conclusion, drawn in our target article, that only connectionism has the resources to develop a plausible vehicletheoryofconsciousness.
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Any "theoryofconsciousness" should consequently be accompanied by a "theory of unconsciousness" with respect to both the underlying neurobiological substrate and the philosophical implications.
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As noted above, his analysis hangs on a transcendentaltheoryofconsciousness: such a consciousness exists only in relation to the sensible self-consciousness.
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In line with a higher-order thoughttheoryofconsciousness, they posit that for a representation to be conscious, it must be both fact-explicit and attitude-explicit.
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In this way the philosophy of symbolic forms becomes a philosophy of process and not just atheoryofconsciousness.
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It now has a lively competitor in the form of connectionism; and connectionism, unlike classicism, does have the computational resources to support a robust vehicletheoryofconsciousness.
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Brentano, on the basis of introspective techniques, developed an empiricaltheoryofconsciousness.
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Rolls also moves into the middle of a controversy in histheoryofconsciousnessand its application to understanding emotion.
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The second one is that anytheoryofconsciousnesswill have to explain the "differences in the felt quality" (target article, sect. 1.2) within one modality and across sensory modalities.
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Dennett (1991) notes a similar point in his "multiple drafts"theoryofconsciousness. 48.
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Gray (1995) claims that we are still a long way from creating a transparenttheoryofconsciousnessand a completely new kind of theory is needed.
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Rolls's excellent book offers a parsimonious approach to understanding emotions and a compelling synthesis of neuroscientific evidence in defense of this position; it also offers atheoryofconsciousness.
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