Consciousness and Representationalism
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science January 15, 2006 DOI: 10.1002/0470018860.s00150 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that representationalist theories of consciousness must explain introspective awareness of conscious mental states. |
Abstract
AbstractThe representationalist theory of consciousness is the view that consciousness reduces to mental representation. This view comes in several variants which must explain introspective awareness of conscious mental states.