Higher-Order Intentionality and Higher-Order Acquaintance
Author: Hellie, Benj1
Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 134, Number 3, June 2007 , pp. 289-324(36)
Publisher: Springer
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Abstract:
I argue against such “Higher-Order Intentionalist” theories of consciousness as the higher-order thought and inner sense views on the ground that they understand a subject's awareness of his or her phenomenal characters to be intentional, like seeming-seeing, rather than “direct”, like seeing. The trouble with such views is that they reverse the order of explanation between phenomenal character and intentional awareness. A superior theory of consciousness takes the relation of awareness to be nonintentional.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-005-0241-0
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