Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift

Does consciousness even appear unified?

Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift December 12, 2023 Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup

Abstract In the debate about phenomenal unity, the assumption that consciousness appears phenomenally unified is generally taken for granted. Based on this, most debates have focused on whether consciousness is in fact unified or whether it merely appears to be. Here, I object to the premise of this debate by questioning the assumption that the way consciousness appears to us suggests it is...