Time in Consciousness, Consciousness in Time
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement July 7, 2010 DOI: 10.1017/s1358246110000068 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that 'phenomenal consciousness' is not the key to understanding the experience of change, and that this experience must be understood through its public and private manifestations. Proposes that time's presence in consciousness is inseparable from consciousness's own location in time. |
Abstract
Abstract The paper is a criticism of the idea that a notion of ‘phenomenal consciousness’ has a significant role to play in the attempt to understand how the experience of change is possible. Discussion of such experience must give a significant place to its public and private manifestations. How should we picture the relationship between the experience of change and its manifestations? While we cannotidentifythese, we need not conclude that ‘the seeing or hearing itself’ is something distinct from – something that has a nature that may be investigated quite independently of – any of its public or private manifestations. With that, we cannot grasp how time can be present in consciousness without reference to the fact that consciousness is located in time.