Untouched Raw Feels?
In Consciousness we Trust February 10, 2022 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198856771.003.0005 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that unattended experience may be subjectively "inflated" beyond what sensory cortices actually represent, a view the author calls the "inflation account." This challenges local theories of consciousness and complicates the prefrontal cortex's role as a straightforward global broadcast, and the author proposes moving beyond asking whether attention is "necessary" for consciousness toward assessing the broader relationship between attention and consciousness. |
Abstract
Abstract: When we don’t pay attention, we don’t perceive many details. But our experience may be subjectively “inflated” beyond what we actually represent in the sensory cortices. This poses troubles for local theorists. At the same time, the inflation account also suggests that the role played by the prefrontal cortex in consciousness isn’t as straightforward as global broadcast. This chapter relates current debates on the possibility of phenomenological overflow, to classic studies of attentional selection. One important suggestion is that we should move beyond asking whether attention is “necessary” for consciousness, and instead we should more broadly assess the relationship between the two. The inflation account put forward will also be compared with other views of unattended or peripheral vision, including those concerning filling-in and representations of summary statistics.
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