Consciousness and higher-order thoughts

Mark Rowlands

doi:10.1111/1468-0017.00171

Consciousness and higher-order thoughts

Mark Rowlands

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

17 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper argues that higher-order thought (HOT) models of consciousness face serious logical problems. The precise form these problems take varies depending on whether HOT models are understood as attempts to explicate the concept of (intransitive state) consciousness or as attempts to identify the property in virtue of which mental states are (intransitively) conscious. Understood in the former way, HOT models face a problem of circularity. Understood in the latter way, such models face a problem of regress.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	290-310
Number of pages	21
Journal	Mind and Language
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00171
State	Published - Jun 2001
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language

Access to Document

10.1111/1468-0017.00171

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Consciousness and higher-order thoughts'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this

@article{061fd7bef0b84b7393560b3a99469879,

title = "Consciousness and higher-order thoughts",

abstract = "This paper argues that higher-order thought (HOT) models of consciousness face serious logical problems. The precise form these problems take varies depending on whether HOT models are understood as attempts to explicate the concept of (intransitive state) consciousness or as attempts to identify the property in virtue of which mental states are (intransitively) conscious. Understood in the former way, HOT models face a problem of circularity. Understood in the latter way, such models face a problem of regress.",

author = "Mark Rowlands",

year = "2001",

month = jun,

doi = "10.1111/1468-0017.00171",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "16",

pages = "290--310",

journal = "Mind and Language",

issn = "0268-1064",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Consciousness and higher-order thoughts

AU - Rowlands, Mark

PY - 2001/6

Y1 - 2001/6

N2 - This paper argues that higher-order thought (HOT) models of consciousness face serious logical problems. The precise form these problems take varies depending on whether HOT models are understood as attempts to explicate the concept of (intransitive state) consciousness or as attempts to identify the property in virtue of which mental states are (intransitively) conscious. Understood in the former way, HOT models face a problem of circularity. Understood in the latter way, such models face a problem of regress.

AB - This paper argues that higher-order thought (HOT) models of consciousness face serious logical problems. The precise form these problems take varies depending on whether HOT models are understood as attempts to explicate the concept of (intransitive state) consciousness or as attempts to identify the property in virtue of which mental states are (intransitively) conscious. Understood in the former way, HOT models face a problem of circularity. Understood in the latter way, such models face a problem of regress.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035374090&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0035374090&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/1468-0017.00171

DO - 10.1111/1468-0017.00171

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0035374090

VL - 16

SP - 290

EP - 310

JO - Mind and Language

JF - Mind and Language

SN - 0268-1064

IS - 3

ER -