Consciousness and Cognition: A Personal Journey from Function to Phenomenology
The MIT Press eBooks December 16, 2025 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/14600.003.0025 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Keywords | Phenomenology philosophy Consciousness Function biology Epistemology Psychoanalysis Cognitive science |
| Key points | Argues that a hierarchical control-system view of control and prediction can enable understanding of consciousness, self, and agency. |
Abstract
measures like accuracy and reaction time and move toward reports about experience that are simple but not necessarily objectively verifiable as accurate.I will discuss studies demonstrating the effect of attention on visual awareness and how meditation practice could influence our perceptual experience.Fi nally, I will discuss the importance of control and prediction and how a hierarchical control-system view could enable us to understand consciousness, self, and agency.