The extra ingredient

Richard Brown; Joseph LeDoux; David Rosenthal

doi:10.1007/s10539-021-09797-z

The extra ingredient

Richard Brown, Joseph LeDoux, David Rosenthal

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Abstract

Birch et al. see their model as incompatible with higher-order-thought (HOT) theories of consciousness, on which a state is conscious if one is in some suitable way aware of that state. They see higher-order (HO) awareness as an “extra ingredient”. But since Birch et al. go on to say that “[t]his is not the place for a detailed discussion of HOT theories,” they don’t address why they take HO awareness to be an extra ingredient or why HOT theorists are convinced that it’s needed. In this commentary we argue that higher-order theories are a crucial for understanding consciousness.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	16
Journal	Biology and Philosophy
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09797-z
State	Published - Apr 2021

Keywords

Consciousness
Higher-order theories
Learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Philosophy
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
History and Philosophy of Science

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