Higher-order theories of consciousness and what-it-is-like-ness.
Philosophical Studies 2018 Jonathan Farrell 26 citations
Ambitious higher-order theories of consciousness aim to account for conscious states when these are understood in terms of what-it-is-like-ness. This paper considers two arguments concerning this aim, and concludes that ambitious theories fail. The misrepresentation argument against HO theories aims to show that the possibility of radical misrepresentation-there being a HO state about a state...