What is it like to be HOT?

Authors

  • Diana I. Pérez UBA-CONICET/IIF/SADAF.

Keywords:

Philosophy of mind. Brentano. Higher order theory of consciousness. Consciousness.

Abstract

In a recent paper, Fisette tries to show that Brentano’s theory of consciousness can be considered as a higher order theory of consciousness (HOT), and a better one than Rosenthal’s because Brentano — unlike Rosenthal — can answer all the objections traditionally posed to HOT theories, introducing the idea of self-consciousness and the distinction between implicit and explicit consciousness. In this paper, I will first reconstruct Fisette’s main points, and then I pose some questions to his version of Brentano ́s theory. Finally I add some further reasons to reject higher order theories of consciousness.

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Published

2015-01-01

Issue

No. 13

Section

Brentano and Philosophy of Mind

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